Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kẹyik

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

Dybo proposes a possible borrowing from Proto-Yeniseian *ɢajVŋʷja (“wild game, moose”, literally “the hunted one”).

Noun

*kẹyik

1. wild animal
2. deer, reindeer
3. bird

   Synonym: *kuš

4. roe

Declension

Declension of *kẹyik

	singular 3)
nominative	*kẹyik
accusative	*kẹyikig, *kẹyikni1)
genitive	*kẹyikniŋ
dative	*kẹyikke
locative	*kẹyikde
ablative	*kẹyikden
allative	*kẹyikgerü
instrumental 2)	*kẹyikin
equative 2)	*kẹyikče
similative 2)	*kẹyikleyü
comitative 2)	*kẹyikligü

¹⁾ Originally used only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: кайӑк (kajăk, “bird”)
    • → Eastern Mari: кайык (kajyk)
• Common Turkic:

• Proto-Oghuz: *geyik
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: keýik
  • West Oghuz:
    • Azerbaijani: geyik
    • Ottoman Turkish: كیك (geyik)
      • Turkish: geyik
      • → Armenian: կէյիկ (kēyik), կըյըկ (kəyək)
  • Salar: kiyik
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: كَیِكْ (keyik)
    • Uyghur: كىيىك (kiyik)
    • Uzbek: kiyik
• Kipchak:
  • Kipchak-Nogai:
    • Kazakh: киік (kiık, “saiga”)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Southern Altai: кийик (kiyik)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰃𐰚 (kiyik)
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: киик (kiik)
    • Northern Altai: киик (kiik)

Animals in Turkic
Dog	dog: *ï̄t	Hunting Dog	hunting dog: *eker	Hen	hen: *tiakïgu
Lark	lark: *torgay	Pigeon	dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin	Quail	quail: *bïldurčïn
Sparrow	sparrow: *serče	Hawk	hawk, falcon: *kïrguy	Goose	goose: *kāŕ
Wolf	wolf: *bȫrü	Cow	cow: *ingek	Calf	calf: *buŕagu
Camel	camel: *tebe	Young Camel	young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu	Horse	horse: *at
Foal	foal: *kulun	Worm	worm: *kūrt	Snake	snake: *yï̄lan
Fox	fox: *tilkü	goat	goat: *keči	He-goat	he-goat: *teke
Lion	lion: *arsïlan	Fish	fish: *bālïk	Abramis brama	carp bream: *čapak
Donkey	donkey: *eĺčgek	Carp	carp: *siāŕgan	Catfish	catfish: *yāyïn
Beaver	beaver: *kunduŕ	Hedgehog	hedgehog: *kirpi	Badger	badger: *borsmuk
Fly	fly, mosquito: *siŋek	Bee	wasp, bee: *ārï	Gadlfy	gadfly: *bȫgen
Moth	moth: *küńe	Louse	louse: *bït	Earthworm	earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
Yak	yak: *kotuz	Colt	colt: *sïp	Dragon	dragon: *siāŕgan
Worm	worm: *kūrt	Deer	deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu	Lizard	lizard: *keleŕ

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kéyik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 755
• Räsänen, Martti (1969), Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 247
• Levitskaja, L. S.; Dybo, A. V.; Rassadin, V. I. (1997), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 21-23
• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*keyik”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 151-152