silkmek

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سلكمه (silkmek, to shake, beat, knock), from Proto-Turkic *silk- (to shake).[1] Related to Proto-Mongolic *silgeɣe- (to shake, tremble), (cf. Mongolian шилгээх (šilgeex, to stir, shake oneself)) and Proto-Tungusic *silgü- (to shake, tremble) (cf. Evenki силгин (silgin, to shake, tremble)). Either inherited to all families from a common source (according to the now largely discredited Altaic theory) or contact induced.[2]

Verb

silkmek (third-person singular simple present silker)

  1. (transitive) to shake; to shake out
  2. (transitive) to shrug

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References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*silk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sĭ́lgù”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill