Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yē-
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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
Akin to Proto-Mongolic *je-mü- (“to be hungry”), Proto-Tungusic *ʒe-, *ʒep- (“to eat”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Verb
*yē-
- (transitive) to eat
Descendants
- Oghur:
- Chuvash: ҫи (śi)
- Common Turkic:
- Arghu:
- Khalaj: yêmək
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
- Crimean Tatar:
- Karachay-Balkar: (ye-)
- Karaim: (ye-)
- South Kipchak:
- Siberian:
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jē-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill