Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kumursga

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

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Reconstruction

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Daughter languages show various secondary changes due to a difficult consonant cluster.

Some sources reconstruct *kïmïrsga or *kumïrsga to explain the unrounded vowel found in all Siberian varieties and North Kipchak, however the oldest sources point to rounded vowels.

Etymology

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Perhaps analyzable as *kumur- +‎ *-ga, the latter being a common ending in animal names.

Noun

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*kumursga

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    Synonyms: *karïnčga, *čümeli

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Common Turkic:

Further reading

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