Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bẹ̄ĺčik

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

Usually considered simplex, however several proposals have been made:

1. Eren proposes a verb *bẹ̄ĺči- ("to shake"), however such a verb is unattested.
2. Sevortjan suggests a derivation from *bēle- (“to swaddle”), however this poses a morphological and phonological problem as this would've yielded *bēlek instead. He also compares words such as Bashkir бәлләв (bəlləv, “swing”) and suggests a common *bēl noun, however once again this has phonological and morphological problems.

Noun

*bẹ̄ĺčik

1. cradle

Declension

Declension of *bẹ̄ĺčik

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*bẹ̄ĺčik
Accusative	*bẹ̄ĺčikig, *bẹ̄ĺčikni1)
Genitive	*bẹ̄ĺčikniŋ
Dative	*bẹ̄ĺčikke
Locative	*bẹ̄ĺčikde
Ablative	*bẹ̄ĺčikden
Allative	*bẹ̄ĺčikgerü
Instrumental 2)	*bẹ̄ĺčikin
Equative 2)	*bẹ̄ĺčikče
Similative 2)	*bẹ̄ĺčikleyü
Comitative 2)	*bẹ̄ĺčikligü

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.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Volga Bulgar:
    • >? Chuvash: пелче (pelč̬e)
    • → Hungarian: bölcső
• Common Turkic: *bẹ̄šik

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: beşik
    • Ottoman Turkish: بشیك, بشك (beşik)
      • Turkish: beşik
      • → Armenian: բեշիկ (bešik), պեշիկ (pešik)
  • Turkmen: bişek, bīşik
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: بِيشِكْ (bẹ̄şik)
    • Chagatai: بوشوک (böşük), بیشیک (beşik)
      • Uzbek: beshik
      • Uyghur: بۆشۈك (böshük)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: бишек (bişek)
    • Tatar: бишек (bişek)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Karachay-Balkar: бешик (beşik)
    • Crimean Tatar: beşik
    • Kumyk: бешик (beşik)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: бешик (beşik)
    • Southern Altai: межик (mežik, “coffin, cradle”)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Nogai: бесик (besik)
    • Kazakh: бесік (besık)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: pyšyk (béšik)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: биһик (bihik, “cradle”)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tofa: беӌик
    • Yenisei:
      • Chulym: пезик (pezik)
      • Khakas: пизік (pizìk)
      • Shor: пежик
    • Northern Altai: бежик (bežik)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “béşük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 380
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “beşik”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, pages 48-49
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “beşik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 72a
• Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, pages 122-123
• Tekin, Talât (1979) "Once More Zetacism and Sigmatism", Central Asiatic Journal, vol. 23, no. 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, 1979, page 130
• Tekin, Talât (1995) Türk Dillerinde Birincil Uzun Ünlüler [Primary Long Vowels in Turkic Languages] (Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları Dizisi; 13)‎^[1], Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı, →ISBN, page 182