Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kïsïr

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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kïs- +‎ *-ïr, according to Clauson.

Noun

*kïsïr

1. infertile, sterile

Derived terms

• *kïsrak

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: qısır
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: qısır
    • Ottoman Turkish: قیصیر (kısır), قصر (kısır), قصیر (kısır)
      • Gagauz: kısır
      • Turkish: kısır
      • → Armenian: խըսըր (xəsər)
  • ⇒ Salar: qısıraq
  • Turkmen: gysyr
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: قِسِرْ (qïsïr, “woman or animal that does not give birth”)
  • Uyghur: قىسىر (qisir)
  • Uzbek: qisir
• Kipchak:
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: қысыр (qysyr)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: кысыр (kısır)
      • Southern Altai: кызыр (kïzïr, “barren”)
    • Kipchak-Bulgar:
      • Tatar: кысыр (qısır), qısır

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 668