Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kančïk

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

• *kaŋčïk

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Sogdian 𐼸𐼻𐼿𐼷𐼸 (kncyk, “young girl”), diminutive of 𐼸𐼻𐼿 (knc, “girl”). Some anaylse it as *kan +‎ *-čïk, however considering the root is unattested and the suffix would have been *-čük at the time, this is unlikely.

Compared to Proto-Tungusic *kačikān (“puppy”) by Altaicists however that is likely a borrowing from Turkic.

Noun

*kančïk

1. (Common Turkic) bitch; both in the sense of female dog and a promiscuous woman.

   Hyponyms: *ït (“dog”), *köpek (“dog”), *tülki (“fox”), *bȫrü (“wolf”), *kūrt (“wolf”)

Declension

Declension of *kančïk

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*kančïk
Accusative	*kančïknï, *kančïkïg 4), *kančïknïg 1)
Genitive	*kančïknïŋ
Dative	*kančïkka
Locative	*kančïkda
Ablative	*kančïkdan
Allative	*kančïkgaru
Instrumental 2)	*kančïkïn
Equative 2)	*kančïkča
Similative 2)	*kančïklayu
Comitative 2)	*kančïklïgu

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern 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.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants

• Common Turkic: *kaŋčïk, *kančïk

• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: qancıq
      • Ottoman Turkish: قانجیق (kancık), قانجق (kancık)
        • Turkish: kancık
  • East Oghuz:
    • Salar: gancıq (“female dog”)
    • Turkmen: ganjyk
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: قَنْجِقْ (qančıq)
    • Uyghur: قانجۇق (qanjuq)
    • Uzbek: qanjiq
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: ҡансыҡ (qansıq)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: qancıq
    • Kumyk: [script needed] (qançıq)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Karakalpak: қаншық
    • Kazakh: қаншық (qanşyq)
    • Nogai: [script needed] (qancıq)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: канчык (kancık)
    • Southern Altai: канчык (kančïk)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (qančïq, “female dog”)

References

• Gharib, B. (1995) “kncyk”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 190
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kancık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 255-256
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 230
• Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 190
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kaŋ-čïk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill