Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čïk-

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.

Not attested until 11th century, due to this it has been suggested that the verb comes from a crasis of *taĺïk- (“to exit”) from *taĺ (“exterior”), compare Old Turkic 𐱃𐱁𐰶 (tašïq-, “to exit”)^[1],^[2] Old Uyghur tʾšyq (tašïq-, “to exit”)^[3][4] and Chuvash тух (tuh, “to leave, exit”)^[5].^[6]

Clauson, however, disagrees with this stating that it should be considered a coincidence.

*čïk-

1. (intransitive) to go out, to exit

   Antonym: *kīr-

• Common Turkic:

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çık-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 405-406
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “çıkmak”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 89
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çıkmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 107
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čɨk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill