Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/küdeč

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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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Of uncertain origin. Proposals include:

  • EDAL reconstructs *kübeč in order to connect with Proto-Tungusic *gǖb- (to fume), Korean 굽다 (gupda, to bake) and Japanese 香る (kaoru, to smell good) under the disputed Altaic theory, however this form is phonologically impossible as otherwise the historical forms, which EDAL does not include, küδeč and küzeč would be inexplicable.
  • Nişanyan suggests a derivation *kǖd- (to wait) +‎ *-geč, this is phonologically improbable as the earliest instance should've been *küδgüč ~ *küzgüč.
  • Clauson instead searches for a foreign origin, possibly from Iranic, with the possible addition of *-č (diminutive suffix) (note however that said suffix is usually reserved for kinship terms)[1]. Compare Khotanese kūysa- (pot, jar) and Persian کوزه (kuze, earthen bottle) (whence Chagatai کوزه (küze), Turkmen küýze etc.) from Proto-Indo-European *kog- ~ *keg- ~ *keng- (peg, hook; claw) or *kew(H)- ("to bend").[2][3]

Noun

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*küdeč

  1. (Common Turkic) earthenware pot

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Oghuz:
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • East Oghuz:
  • Kipchak:
    • East Kipchak:
  • Karluk:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic:
      • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (küvič), [script needed] (küzeč)

References

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  1. ^ Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 44-46
  2. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 62
  3. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 355