Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/küdeč

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

Of uncertain origin. Proposals include:

EDAL reconstructs *kübeč in order to connect with Proto-Tungusic *gǖb- (“to fume”), Korean 굽다 (gupda, “to bake”) and Japanese 香る (kaoru, “to smell good”) under the disputed Altaic theory, however this form is phonologically impossible as otherwise the historical forms, which EDAL does not include, küδeč and küzeč would be inexplicable.
Nişanyan suggests a derivation *kǖd- (“to wait”) +‎ *-geč, this is phonologically improbable as the earliest instance should've been *küδgüč ~ *küzgüč.
Clauson instead searches for a foreign origin, possibly from Iranic, with the possible addition of *-č (“diminutive suffix”) (note however that said suffix is usually reserved for kinship terms)^[1]. Compare Khotanese kūysa- (“pot, jar”) and Persian (kuze, “earthen bottle”) (whence Chagatai کوزه (küze), Turkmen küýze etc.) from Proto-Indo-European *kog- ~ *keg- ~ *keng- (“peg, hook; claw”) or *kew(H)- ("to bend").^[2]^[3]

Noun

*küdeč

(Common Turkic) earthenware pot

Declension

Declension of *küdeč (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural²⁾
nominative	*küdeč	*küdečler
accusative
genitive	*küdečniŋ	*küdečlerniŋ
dative	*küdečke	*küdečlerke
locative	*küdečte	*küdečlerde
ablative	*küdečten	*küdečlerden
instrumental¹⁾		*küdečlerin
equative¹⁾	*küdečče	*küdečlerče

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Old Anatolian Turkish:
    - Azerbaijani: güvəc
    - Ottoman Turkish: كوكج (güveç)
      - Gagauz: güveç
      - Turkish: güveç
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: göweç
Kipchak:
- East Kipchak:
  - Southern Altai: кӧӧш (kööš)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: كُزَجْ (küzeč), كُوَجْ (küweč), كُذَجْ (küδeč)
Siberian:
- Old Uyghur: 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽱𐽶𐽽 (küvič), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽰𐽽 (küzeč, “sacrifical pot, kettle”)

References

^ Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 44-46
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 62
^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 355

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “küveç, küḏeç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 687, 757
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “güveç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

[1] Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 44-46

[2] Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 62

[3] Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 355

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