Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kiam

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

*kiam.

Noun

*kiam

shaman

Declension

Declension of *kiam

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*kiam
Accusative	kiamnï, kiamnïg ¹⁾
Genitive	*kiamnïŋ
Dative	*kiamka
Locative	*kiamta
Ablative	*kiamtan
Instrumental ²⁾	*kiamïn
Equative ²⁾	*kiamča

¹⁾ Found in early Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.

Derived terms

*kiam-čï (“that one who shamanizes”)
- Oghur:
  - Chuvash: юмҫӑ (jumś̬ă)
- Kipchak:
  - West Kipchak:
    - Karaim: kamdžy
*kiam-la- (“to shamanize”)
- Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Southern Altai: камдаар (kamdaar)

Coordinate terms

*bay-at (“protector spirits”)
*bilgü-či (“wise man, master”)
*bögü (“sage, wizard, sorcerer”)
*bölek (“share, fate”)
- *bölek-či
*irü (“omen”)
*kut (“a kind of soul as vital energy; luck, grace”)

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: юмӑҫ (jumăś)

Common Turkic: *qam
Oghuz:
- Turkish: kam
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (qam)
Kipchak:
- Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  - Southern Altai: кам (kam)
Siberian:
- North Siberian:
  - ⇒ Dolgan: камнаа (kamnaa)
  - ⇒ Yakut: хамнаа (qamnaa), хамсаа (qamsaa)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tofa: һам (ham)
    - Tuvan: хам (xam)
  - Yeniseian:
    - Khakas: хам (xam)
    - Shor: қам (qam)

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*kiam”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 228
Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎ (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 402-406
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, page 240-241

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