Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čeček

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Noun

*čeček

Declension

Declension of *čeček
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*čeček
accusative	čečekig, čečekni¹⁾
genitive	*čečekniŋ
dative	*čečekke
locative	*čečekde
ablative	*čečekden
allative	*čečekgerü
instrumental ²⁾	*čečekin
equative ²⁾	*čečekče
similative ²⁾	*čečekleyü
comitative ²⁾	*čečekligü

¹⁾ Originally used only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

Oghur：
- Chuvash: ҫеҫке (śeśke)
  - → Udmurt: сяська (śaśka)
  - → Erzya: цеця (ceća)
  - → Bashkir: сәскә (səskə)
- Khazar: [script needed] (čičäk) (“a female name”, see Tzitzak) (Classification disputed)
Common Turkic：

Oghuz：
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: çiçək
  - Ottoman Turkish: چیچك, چچك (çiçek)
    - Turkish: çiçek
    - → Armenian: չիչէկ (čʻičʻēk), չիչակ (čʻičʻak), չիչա̈գ^յ (čʻičʻäg^y)
    - → Czech: šišák
    - → German: Zischägge
      - → English: zischägge
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: чи́чак
      Latin script: číčak
- Salar: çiçek
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (čeček)
  - Uzbek: chechak
  - Uyghur: چېچەك (chëchek)
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: сәсәк (səsək, “smallpox”), сәскә (səskə, “flower”)
  - Tatar: чәчәк (çäçäk)
    - → Chuvash: чечек (čeč̬ek)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: çiçek
  - Kumyk: чечек (çeçek)
  - Karachay-Balkar: чечек (çeçek), чичек (çiçek)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (çeçek)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: sheshek
    - Kazakh: шешек (şeşek, “chicken-pox”), желшешек (jelşeşek)
    - Nogai: шешек (şeşek), шешекей (şeşekey)
  - East Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: чечек (cecek)
    - Southern Altai: чечек (čeček)
Siberian:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (čeček)
  - Western Yugur: [script needed] (č́`uǯ́ug)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tuvan: чечек (çeçek)
  - Yenisei:
    - Shor: чайақ
    - Khakas: чахаях (çaxayax)
  - Northern Altai: чеджек (čedžek)
→ Proto-Mongolic: *ceceg
- Mongolian: цэцэг (ceceg)
- Dongxiang: chizhe
- → Yakut: чэчик (cecik)
→ Chechen: зезаг (zezag)

References

[1]
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dum”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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