Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kir

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

*kir

  1. dirt

Declension

Declension of *kir
singular 3)
nominative *kir
accusative *kirig, *kirni1)
genitive *kirniŋ
dative *kirke
locative *kirte
ablative *kirten
allative *kirgerü
instrumental 2) *kirin
equative 2) *kirče
similative 2) *kirleyü
comitative 2) *kirligü
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: кирӗк (kirĕk)
  • Proto-Common Turkic: *kir
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Turkmen: kir
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
    • East Kipchak:
    • South Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
  • Siberian:

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 735
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 271
  • Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) “кир”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 69-70
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kir”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill