Proto-Turkic: *öt-
Meaning: 1 to sing (of birds) 2 to say 3 to ask, request
Russian meaning: 1 петь (о птицах) 2 сказать, говорить 3 просить
Old Turkic: öt- 1 (OUygh.), ötün- 3 (Orkh., OUygh.)
Karakhanid: öt- 1, ötün- 3 (MK)
Turkish: öt- 1
Tatar: üten- 3
Middle Turkic: öt- 2 (Pav. C.)
Uighur: ötün- 3
Turkmen: ötün- 3
Chuvash: avъt- 1
Yakut: et- 2
Dolgan: et- 2
Tuva: e't- 1
Tofalar: e't- 1
Salar: edi- 2
Comments: VEWT 52, ЭСТЯ 1, 556, 557-558, EDT 39, 62, Егоров 21, Stachowski 48. The Chuv. form is somewhat aberrant phonetically: it is possible that the actual Chuv. reflex of this root is vitǝn- `to ask' - while Chuv. avъt- (together with avtan, atan `cock', Tat. ätäč `cock') goes back to a separate PT root *ebt-, possibly going back to PA *ip`i (~-p-,-e) `to say, speak' q. v.
