Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kẹyik

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

*kẹyik

  1. wild animal
  2. deer, reindeer
  3. bird
    Synonym: *kuš
  4. roe

Declension

Declension of *kẹyik
singular 3)
nominative *kẹyik
accusative *kẹyikig, *kẹyikni1)
genitive *kẹyikniŋ
dative *kẹyikke
locative *kẹyikde
ablative *kẹyikden
allative *kẹyikgerü
instrumental 2) *kẹyikin
equative 2) *kẹyikče
similative 2) *kẹyikleyü
comitative 2) *kẹyikligü
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: кайӑк (kajăk, bird)
      • Eastern Mari: кайык (kajyk)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Proto-Oghuz: *geyik
    • East Oghuz:
      • Turkmen: keýik
    • West Oghuz:
      • Ottoman Turkish: كیك (geyik)
        • Turkish: geyik
        • Armenian: կէյիկ (kēyik), կըյըկ (kəyək)
    • Salar: kiyik
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
Animals in Turkic
dog: *ï̄t hunting dog: *eker hen: *tiakïgu
lark: *torgay dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin quail: *bïldurčïn
sparrow: *serče hawk, falcon: *kïrguy goose: *kāŕ
wolf: *bȫrü cow: *ingek calf: *buŕagu
camel: *tebe young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu horse: *at
foal: *kulun worm: *kūrt snake: *yï̄lan
fox: *tilkü goat: *keči he-goat: *teke
lion: *arsïlan fish: *bālïk carp bream: *čapak
donkey: *eĺčgek carp: *siāŕgan catfish: *yāyïn
beaver: *kunduŕ hedgehog: *kirpi badger: *borsmuk
fly, mosquito: *siŋek wasp, bee: *ārï gadfly: *bȫgen
moth: *küńe louse: *bït earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
yak: *kotuz colt: *sïp dragon: *siāŕgan
worm: *kūrt deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu lizard: *keleŕ

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kéyik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 755
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 247
  • Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 21-23
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*keyik”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 151-152