Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kīčik

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

From Proto-Turkic *kīči- (“to tickle”) +‎ *-k. Perhaps akin to Proto-Mongolic *giji-ge (“tickle”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

*kīčik

1. itching
2. tickling

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: кăчăк (kăčăk)

• Common Turkic:
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: qıcıq, gicik
    • Ottoman Turkish: كجك (kicik, gicik)
      • Turkish: gıcık, (regional) gicik
  • Turkmen: gyjyk
• Karluk:
  • Uyghur: قىچىق (qichiq)
  • Uzbek: qichiq
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: [script needed] (kiçüw)
    • Tatar: кытык (qıtıq)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Southern Altai: кычы- (kïčï-)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: кыһый (kıhıy, “to scrape, to itch”)
  • South Siberian:
    • Tuvan: кижиргендирер (kijirgendirer, “tickle”) (from кижиир (kijiir, “to itch”))