Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čalpmur

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *čalpa- (to muddle) +‎ *-mur (cf. *čalpaŋ (mud), *čalpak (filth)). Became *čamur due to the simplification of the consonant cluster *-lpm-.

Doerfer instead suggests a derivation from *čam-, an unattested earlier version of *čom- (to sink).[1]

Noun

*čalpmur

  1. (Common Turkic) mud
    Synonyms: *balčïk, *balïk, *čalpaŋ

Declension

Descendants

  • Arghu:
    • Khalaj: çamur
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
  • Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:

References

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, page 97
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çamur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 98