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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kāp- (“to swell, to form blisters”). Compare Proto-Oghuz *gēbe (“swollen, pregnant”).

Noun

*gȫpek

1. (Oghuz Turkic) navel

Descendants

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

References

• 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