Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/gȫpek

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 edit

Etymology edit

Related to Proto-Mongolic *köy (“navel”).

Noun edit

*gȫpek

(Oghuz Turkic) navel

Descendants edit

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: göbək
  - Ottoman Turkish: گوبك, كوبك (göbek)
    - Gagauz: göbek
    - Turkish: göbek
    - → Armenian: կէօպէկ (kēōpēk)
  - →^? Cuman-Kipchak:
    - Crimean Tatar: köbek
    - Karaim: [script needed] (köbek)
    - →? Chuvash: кӑвапа (kăvap̬a)
    - →? Tatar: [script needed] (kübäk) (dial.)
- Turkmen: gȫbek

References edit

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