Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kičüg

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

*kičük

Etymology

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kicig (“puppy”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

*kičüg

small, little

Descendants

Oghur:
- Proto-Bulgar: *kičin
  - → Hungarian: kicsiny, kicsi
  - Volga Bulgar: كجن (kiçin)^[1]
    - Chuvash: кӗҫӗн (kĕś̬ĕn)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: كچوك (kiçük), کیچی (giçi)
  - Azerbaijani: kiçik
  - Ottoman Turkish: كوچوك (küçük)
    - Gagauz: küçük
    - Turkish: küçük
- Salar: kiçi
- Turkmen: kiçi
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (kiçüg)
  - Chagatai: کچیک (kičik)
    - Uzbek: kichik
    - Uyghur: كىچىك (kichik)
Kipchak: كچك (küčüg, käčig)
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: кесе (kese)
  - Tatar: кече (keçe)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: kiçik
  - Kumyk: гиччи (giççi)
  - Karachay-Balkar: гитче (gitçe)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (kičkenä)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: kishi
    - Kazakh: кіші (kışı)
    - Nogai: кичик (kiçik)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: кичүү (kicüü)
    - Southern Altai: кичӱ (kičü)
- → Hungarian: kis
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏 (kičg)
  - Old Uyghur: [script needed] (kiçig)
    - Western Yugur: [script needed] (kıçiğ)
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: куччугуй (kuccuguy)
  - Dolgan: [script needed] (küççügüy)
- South Siberian:
  - Yenisei:
    - Shor: кичиг
    - Khakas: кічіг (kìçìg)
  - Northern Altai: киджиг (kidžig)

References

^ Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 163

[1] Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 163

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