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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bẹĺčig

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

Sevortyan proposes two possible etymologies:

  • Deverbal from *beĺe-~*peĺe-, denominal verb of *beĺ~*peĺ (“cradle”).
  • From *bē +‎ *-ĺe or *bē +‎ *-le.

Noun

*bẹĺčig

  1. cradle

Declension
Declension of *bẹĺčig
Singular 3)
Nominative *bẹĺčig
Accusative *bẹĺčigni, *bẹĺčignig 1)
Genitive *bẹĺčigniŋ
Dative *bẹĺčigke
Locative *bẹĺčigte
Ablative *bẹĺčigten
Instrumental 2) *bẹĺčigin
Equative 2) *bẹĺčigče
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.

Descendants
  • Oghur:
    • Volga Bulgar:
      • Chuvash: пелче (pelč̬e)
    • → Hungarian: bölcső
  • Common Turkic: *bẹšik
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: beşik
      • Ottoman Turkish: بشیك‎
        • Turkish: beşik
        • → Armenian: բեշիկ (bešik), պեշիկ (pešik)
    • Turkmen: bişek, bīşik
  • Karluk:
    • Uzbek: beshik
    • Uyghur: بۆشۈك‎ (böshük)
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (bešik)[1];
    • North Siberian:
    • South Siberian:

References
  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages]‎ (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, pages 122-123
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, pages 72a
  • Tekin, Talât. “Once More Zetacism and Sigmatism.” Central Asiatic Journal, vol. 23, no. 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, 1979, page 130.
  1. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969) Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 97
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