What is it about?
This study examines whether the Old Turkic verb us- ‘to be thirsty’ was borrowed from a Mongolic language. The paper explores that the Turkic word might have originated from a structure combining a word for ‘water’ (like *u) with a suffix that forms verbs from nouns (+s-). A similar word for ‘water’ (*u, *usun) exists in Mongolic languages.
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Why is it important?
This study is important because it identifies the Old Turkic verb us- ('to be thirsty') as a loanword from Pre-Proto-Mongolic, which helps to confirm a new certain Mongolic loanword in Old Turkic. It also clarifies that Turkic lacks a widespread denominal verbal formative +s-.
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This page is a summary of: Is the Turkic us- ‘to be thirsty’ a loanword from Mongolic? An overview of Mongolic loanwords in Old Turkic, Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, February 2025, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski – Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego,
DOI: 10.4467/20834624sl.25.003.21086.
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