Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kirpik

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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

Clauson suggests a diminutive formation *kirpi (hedgehog) +‎ *-k.

Nishanyan and ESTJa instead suggest a derivation *kïrp- (to shave; to wink) +‎ *-k, however this should've yielded the earliest form *kïrpuk.

Noun

*kirpik

  1. (anatomy) eyelash

Declension

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: хӑрпӑк (hărp̬ăk)
  • Common Turkic:

References

  • Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, page 74
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 272
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kirpik”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kirpik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 737
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kirpik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük