Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kańak

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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

Etymology

There have been a few theories on the derivation:

  1. Clauson derives from a hypothetical *kań-, however such a verb is not attested.
  2. Nişanyan instead suggests *kańa- (to boil; to melt) +‎ *-k.
  3. Doerfer suggests a derivation from a hypothetical *kāyïn-, the passive of *kāy- (to slide), however this is unlikely on phonological grounds.

Noun

*kańak

  1. cream, kaymak

Declension

Declension of *kańak
singular 3)
nominative *kańak
accusative *kańakïg, *kańaknï1)
genitive *kańaknïŋ
dative *kańakka
locative *kańakda
ablative *kańakdan
allative *kańakgaru
instrumental 2) *kańakïn
equative 2) *kańakča
similative 2) *kańaklayu
comitative 2) *kańaklïgu
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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Early Volga Bulgar: قَنَقْ (qanaq) (11th c.)
  • Common Turkic:

References

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎ (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1417, page 410