Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kömbe

Proto-Turkic edit

Etymology edit

According to Róna-Tas, borrowed from a Slavic language prior to the 10th century, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *gǫba (mushroom).[1] Compare also Hungarian gomba, a borrowing from Slavic.[2] Note also the unusual initial voicing in Tatar and Bashkir.

Noun edit

*kömbe

  1. mushroom, fungus

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: кӑмпа (kămp̬a)
  • Kipchak:
  • Oghuz: *kömbelek

See also edit

Foods - *yẹ̄miĺčler, *yẹ̄miĺčsāyïn
 
Barley
barley: *arpa
 
Pea
beans, peas: *burčak
 
Wheat
farro, wheat: *bugday
 
Jujube
jujube: *yidge
 
Strawberry
strawberry: *yidgelek
 
Apple
apple: *almïla
 
Hazelnuts
hazelnut: *bōńurï
 
Walnuts
walnut: *yaŋgak
 
Honey
honey: *bạl
 
Millet
millet: *tạrïg
 
Onion
onion: *sōgun
 
Salt
salt: *tūŕ
 
Egg
egg: *yumurtka
 
Butter
butter: *yāg
 
Mushroom
mushroom: *kömbe
 
Radish
radish: *turp, *turma
 
Carrot
carrot: *turma

References edit

  1. ^ K. Rédei; Róna-Tas, Andreas (1983) "Early Bulgarian Loanwords in the Permian Languages", in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 37, page 7
  2. ^ gomba in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kömbe -lek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill