Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tap-

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 1

Nişanyan suggests that both etymologies may be one in the same and the original meaning may have been "to run around" comparing *tabïĺ-, *tabra- (“to run around, hurry, flee”).

Verb

*tap-

1. (Common Turkic, intransitive) to worship, serve

Derived terms

• *tap-ïn- (“to worship, (reflexive)”) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Common Turkic: *tap-

• Proto-Oghuz: *tap-
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Ottoman Turkish: طاپمق (tapmak)
        • Turkish: tapmak
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: tapmak
• Kipchak:
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: табыну (tabynu)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: табынуу (tabınuu)
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (tap-)
• Siberian
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (tap-)
• → Proto-Mongolic: *taxï- (“to sacrifice”)

Verb

*tap-

1. (transitive) to find

   Synonym: *bul-

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: туп (tup)
• Common Turkic: *tap-

• Proto-Oghuz: *tap-
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: tapmaq
        • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (tapmaj)
        • Turkish: tapmak, dapmak (dialectal)
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: tapmak
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: tapmaq
    • Karachay-Balkar: табаргъа (tabarğa)
    • Kumyk: [script needed] (tap)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: табыу (tabıw)
    • Tatar: табу (tabu)
  • Central-Kipchak:
    • Karakalpak: [script needed] (tap-)
    • Kazakh: табу (tabu)
    • Nogai: табув (tabuv)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: табуу (tabuu)
    • Southern Altai: табар (tabar)
• Karluk:
  • Uzbek: topmoq
  • Uyghur: تېپىش (tëpish)
• Siberian:
  • South Siberian:
    • Yeniseian:
      • Khakas: табарға (tabarğa)
      • Shor: табарға (tabarğa)
    • Sayan:
      • Tofa: туъпар (tupar), туъфар (tufar)
      • Tuvan: тывар (tıvar)
• → Proto-Mongolic: *taxa- (“to guess”)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 435
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tapmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 462
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tap-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[3], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tăp-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[4], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill