Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kančïk

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

Alternative reconstructions

*kaŋčïk

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Sogdian 𐼸𐼻𐼿𐼷𐼸 (kncyk, “young girl”), diminutive of 𐼸𐼻𐼿 (knc, “girl”). Some anaylse it as *kan +‎ *-čïk, however considering the root is unattested and the suffix would have been *-čük at the time, this is unlikely.

Noun

*kančïk

(Common Turkic) bitch; both in the sense of female dog and a promiscuous woman.
Hyponyms: *ït (“dog”), *köpek (“dog”), *tülki (“fox”), *bȫrü (“wolf”), *kūrt (“wolf”)

Declension

Declension of *kančïk
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*kančïk
accusative	kančïkïg, kančïknï¹⁾
genitive	*kančïknïŋ
dative	*kančïkka
locative	*kančïkda
ablative	*kančïkdan
allative	*kančïkgaru
instrumental ²⁾	*kančïkïn
equative ²⁾	*kančïkča
similative ²⁾	*kančïklayu
comitative ²⁾	*kančïklïgu

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

Proto-Common Turkic: *kaŋčïk, *kančïk

Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Old Anatolian Turkish:
    - Azerbaijani: qancıq
    - Ottoman Turkish: قانجیق (kancık), قانجق (kancık)
      - Turkish: kancık
      - → Armenian: խանճըխ (xančəx)
- East Oghuz:
  - Salar: gancıq (“female dog”)
  - Turkmen: ganjyk
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: قَنْجِقْ (qančıq)
  - Uyghur: قانجۇق (qanjuq)
  - Uzbek: qanjiq
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: ҡансыҡ (qansıq)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: qancıq
  - Kumyk: [script needed] (qançıq)
- South Kipchak:
  - Karakalpak: қаншық
  - Kazakh: қаншық (qanşyq)
  - Nogai: [script needed] (qancıq)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: канчык (kancık)
  - Southern Altai: канчык (kančïk)
Siberian:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (qančïq, “female dog”)

References

Gharib, B. (1995) “kncyk”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 190
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kancık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 255-256
Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 230
Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 190
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kaŋ-čïk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill