Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kičüg

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *kičük

Etymology

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kicig (“puppy”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

*kičüg

1. small, little

Descendants

• Oghur: *kičin
  • Volga Bulgar: كجن (kiçin)
    • Chuvash: кӗҫӗн (kĕś̬ĕn)
  • → Hungarian: kicsiny, kicsi
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: كچوك (kiçük), کیچی (giçi)
    • Azerbaijani: kiçik
    • Ottoman Turkish: كوچوك (küçük)
      • Gagauz: küçük
      • Turkish: küçük
  • Salar: kiçi
  • Turkmen: kiçi
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (kiçüg)
    • Chagatai: کچیک (kičik)
      • Uzbek: kichik
      • Uyghur: كىچىك (kichik)
• Kipchak: كچك (küčüg, käčig)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: кесе (kese)
    • Tatar: кече (keçe)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: kiçik
    • Kumyk: гиччи (giççi)
    • Karachay-Balkar: гитче (gitçe)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (kičkenä)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: kishi
      • Kazakh: кіші (kışı)
      • Nogai: кичик (kiçik)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: кичүү (kicüü)
      • Southern Altai: кичӱ (kičü)
  • → Hungarian: kis
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏 (kičg)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (kiçig)
      • Western Yugur: [script needed] (kıçiğ)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: куччугуй (kuccuguy)
    • Dolgan: [script needed] (küççügüy)
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei:
      • Shor: кичиг
      • Khakas: кічіг (kìçìg)