Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kömbe

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

Etymology

According to Róna-Tas, borrowed from a Slavic language prior to the 10th century, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *gǫba (mushroom).[1] Compare also Hungarian gomba, a borrowing from Slavic.[2] Note also the unusual initial voicing in Tatar and Bashkir.

Noun

*kömbe

  1. mushroom, fungus

Declension

Declension of *kömbe
singular 3)
nominative *kömbe
accusative *kömbeg, *kömbeni1)
genitive *kömbeniŋ
dative *kömbeke
locative *kömbede
ablative *kömbeden
allative *kömbegerü
instrumental 2) *kömben
equative 2) *kömbeče
similative 2) *kömbeleyü
comitative 2) *kömbeligü
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: кӑмпа (kămp̬a)
  • Kipchak:
  • Oghuz: *kömbelek
    • West Oghuz:
    • East Oghuz:

See also

Foods - *yẹ̄miĺčler, *yẹ̄miĺčsāyïn
barley: *arpa beans, peas: *burčak farro, wheat: *bugday
jujube: *yidge berry: *yidgelek strawberry: *čige, *čigelek
apple: *almïla walnut: *yaŋgak honey: *bal
millet: *tarïg onion: *sōgun salt: *tūŕ
egg: *yumurtka butter: *yāg mushroom: *kömbe
radish: *turp, *turma carrot: *turma hazelnut: *bōńurï

References

  1. ^ K. Rédei; Róna-Tas, Andreas (1983) "Early Bulgarian Loanwords in the Permian Languages", in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 37, page 7
  2. ^ gomba in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kömbe -lek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill