Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ekši-

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.

Generally considered simplex, however EDAL, based on Proto-Mongolic *hekexün (“sour”) and Manchu ᡶᡝᡴᠴᡠᡥᡠᠨ (fekcuhun, “astringent”) under the disputed Altaic theory, suggests a derivation from *ek-, however there does not exist a suffix *-ĺči-.

There is no note of Oghuz dialect in اَكْشِكْ (ekşig) in Kashgarî's dictionary.

*ekši-

1. (Oghuz Turkic, intransitive) to become sour, acid

   Synonym: *čïbša-

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • ⇒ Azerbaijani: əkşi
    • Ottoman Turkish: اكشیمك, اكشی
      • Gagauz: iişimää, iişi
      • Turkish: ekşimek, ekşi, yüzünü ekşitmek
    • → Crimean Tatar: ekşimek
    • → Karaim: (ekşi-), (ekşi)
    • →? Chuvash: йӗксӳ (jĕksü) (If borrowed from Oghuz)
  • ⇒ Turkmen: ýüzüňi egşitmek
• Karluk: (If not borrowed from Oghuz)
  • ⇒ Karakhanid: اَكْشِكْ (ekşig)^[1]
    • Chagatai: (ekşi-)

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 119
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ekşi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 39
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ek-ĺči-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill