Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tēk

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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

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Old Chinese (*tjaːɡ, alone, single, unique), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik (one). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

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*tēk

  1. single
  2. unique
  3. alone

Descendants

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  • Oguz
    • Azerbaijani: tək
      • Armenian: թաք (tʻakʻ)
      • Persian: تک (tak)
    • Ottoman Turkish: تك (tek)
    • Turkmen: täk (ýeke-täk)
  • Kypchak
  • Siberian
    • South Siberian
  • Other languages