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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ẹrkek

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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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Etymology

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It has originally been considered to be a derivation from the near-synonymous *ēr (man), however most sources have since disputed this, noting the vowel mismatch (*ẹ- as opposed to *ē-) and impossible morphology (the denominal suffix *-kek ~ *-gek is used to form body parts)[1].

Erdal instead suggests a derivation from *ẹrk (young ram) with the diminutive suffix *-ak, compare *oglak (kid), the diminutive of *ogul (child), for a reverse semantic shift.

Could be related to *erkeč (he-goat) if it was originally pronounced *ẹrkeč.[1]

Adjective

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*ẹrkek or *hẹrkek

  1. (Common Turkic) male
    Synonym: *ēr

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Arghu:
    • Khalaj: hirkək
  • Oghuz:
    • West Oghuz:
    • Oghuz-Uyghur:
    • East Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 74, 84