Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ekši-

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

There is no note of Oghuz dialect in اَكْشِكْ (ekşig) in Kashgarî's dictionary.

Verb

*ekši-

1. (Oghuz Turkic) to become sour, acid

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • ⇒ Azerbaijani: əkşi
    • Ottoman Turkish: اكشیمك, اكشی
      • Gagauz: iişimää, iişi
      • Turkish: ekşimek, ekşi, yüzünü ekşitmek
    • → Crimean Tatar: ekşimek
    • → Karaim: [script needed] (ekşi-), [script needed] (ekşi)
    • →? Chuvash: йӗксӳ (jĕksü) (If borrowed from Oghuz)
  • ⇒ Turkmen: ýüzüňi egşitmek
• Karluk: (If not borrowed from Oghuz)
  • ⇒ Karakhanid: اَكْشِكْ (ekşig)
    • Chagatai: [script needed] (ekşi-)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 119
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ek-ĺči-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill