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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/eĺčgek

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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *eĺč- + *-gek. Akin to Proto-Tungusic *eyiken and Proto-Mongolic *eljigen (donkey).[1][2]

Noun

*eĺčgek

  1. donkey

Declension

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • ? Proto-Mongolic: *eljigen
  • Common Turkic:
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
    • Chagatai:
      • Uzbek: eshak
      • Uyghur: ئىشەق (isheq)
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:

References

  1. Tekin, Talât (1969), “Zetacism and Sigmatism in Proto-Turkic”, in Acta Orientalia Acedamiae Scientiarum Hunagricae (in English), Berkeley, pages 51-80
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*eĺčgek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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