Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/köń-

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

Verb

*köń-

1. (intransitive) to burn

   Synonym: *yan-

Derived terms

• *köńe (“strong smell of burnt”)
• *kömür (“coal”) (?)
• *köńdür- (“to burn (transitive)”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: кӳ (kü, “strong smell of burnt”), кӗв (kĕv, “strong smell of burnt”), кӗвҫӗк (kĕvśĕk, “unpleasant (about smell)”), кӗвҫек (kĕvśek, “unpleasant (about smell)”)
• Common Turkic:

• Argu: كُنْماكْ (könmēk)
  • Khalaj: könmək
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (göyünmek), [script needed] (göynümek), [script needed] (göynemek)
    • Azerbaijani: göynəmək
    • Ottoman Turkish: گويمك (göymek), [script needed] (göyünmek), [script needed] (göynümek)
      • Turkish: göymek (“to burn (trans.)”), göynümek (“to suffer, sorrow (intrans.)”)
  • Salar: köygüsi
  • Turkmen: köýmek
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: كُيْماكْ (köymek)
    • Chagatai:
      • Uyghur: كۆيمەك (köymek)
      • Uzbek: kuymoq
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: күйөү (küyöw)
    • Tatar: күйү (küyü)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (küy-)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (küy-)
    • Kumyk: [script needed] (güy-)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: [script needed] (küyiv)
      • Kazakh: күйу (küiu)
      • Nogai: [script needed] (küy-)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: күйүү (küyüü)
      • Southern Altai: кӱйер (küyer)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (köy-)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tofa: [script needed] (xöö, “strong smell of burnt”)
      • Tuvan: хөө (xöö, “strong smell of burnt”)
    • Yenisei:
      • Shor: [script needed] (köy-)
      • Khakas: [script needed] (köy-)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*köń-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill