Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tekiŕ

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 edit

Reconstruction edit

Fedotov connects the Chuvash form with *takïr (“level, smooth”), which is possible a Tatar loan in Chuvash, in which case the Chuvash form should be removed from this etymology.

Adjective edit

*tekiŕ

even, level

Descendants edit

Oghur:
- Chuvash: тагӑр (tagăr)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: tekīz
Karluk:
- Uzbek: tekis
- Uyghur: تېكىس (tëkis)
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: тигеҙ (tigeź)
  - Tatar: тигез (tigez)
    - → Chuvash: тикӗс (tik̬ĕs)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: тегіс (tegıs)
    - Karakalpak: тегис (tegis)
    - Nogai: тегис (tegis)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: тегиз (tegiz)
Siberian:
- Northern Altai: тегис (tegis)

References edit

Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, pages 468, 470