Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/kaïčï

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 This Proto-Mongolic 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-Mongolic

Etymology

If related to Proto-Turkic *kïptu (“scissors”), perhaps from earlier *kapïtï, although forms are difficult to reconcile. But also the evolution might be like this:

*kapïtï < *kapïcï < *kaxïcï < *kaïcï

Compare Karakhanid (qïftu), Yakut кыптый (kıptıy), and see also *kabčï- (“to squeeze, to pinch”).

Noun

*kaïčï

  1. scissors

Descendants

References

  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 400
  • Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 318
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) “318. قیچچ”, in Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 16)‎ (in German), volume 1, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 448
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