What is it about?
The present paper argues for two radical consonantal changes in Late Proto-Turkic, which can be formulated as *t₁ > g /V_iVr₁/₂ and *d₁ > g /V_iVr₁. Using this new sound law, some lexemes that have the phonemic shape /°VgVr/ or /°VgVz/ in Common Turkic are etymologized as derived from verbs ending in °t- or °d-. The reconstructed Turkic forms are also partly supported by Mongolic data.
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Why is it important?
In this study, I etymologize some disyllabic Common Turkic words, which end in -r and -z, e.g. agız, ugur, kagur-, ögüz, etc., for the first time and trace them back to verbal bases, which end in -t- and -d-. So I demonstrate that the consonants t and d in the intervocalic position changed to g in a particular environment.
Perspectives
I hope this article helps to uncover some important sound rules that were operative in the Proto-Turkic and Late Proto-Turkic periods. These sound rules can also be used in a comparative aspect with other languages.
Dr. Orcun Unal
Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Gottingen
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This page is a summary of: On a Sound Change in Proto-Turkic, International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, February 2023, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/25898833-00420033.
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