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
Declension
Declension of *kirpik
| Singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *kirpik |
| Accusative | *kirpikig, *kirpikni1) |
| Genitive | *kirpikniŋ |
| Dative | *kirpikke |
| Locative | *kirpikde |
| Ablative | *kirpikden |
| Allative | *kirpikgerü |
| Instrumental 2) | *kirpikin |
| Equative 2) | *kirpikče |
| Similative 2) | *kirpikleyü |
| Comitative 2) | *kirpikligü |
1) Originally only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
Descendants
- Oghur:
- Chuvash: хӑрпӑк (hărp̬ăk)
- Common Turkic:
- Arghu:
- Khalaj: kirpik
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
- South Kipchak:
- Siberian:
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