Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kēče

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

Not derived from *keč- (“to pass, wade”). Related to *kēč (“late”).

Adverb

*kēče

1. evening
2. night
3. yesterday
4. long time
5. late

See also

• *kün ortu (“midday, noon”)
• *yạrïn (“morning; tomorrow”)
• *tǖn (“night”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: каҫ (kaś)
• Common Turkic: *kẹ̄če

• Arghu
  • Khalaj: kêçə (“night”)
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: كیجه (gejä)
    • Azerbaijani: gecə
    • Ottoman Turkish: گیجه (gece)
      • Gagauz: gecä
      • Turkish: gece
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: gije (“night”)
    • Salar: gece
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (kečä, “night”)
    • Uyghur: كېچە (këche, “night”), كېچا (këcha, “night; yesterday”)
    • Uzbek: kecha (“yesterday”)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: кисә (kisə, “yesterday”)
    • Bashkir: кисә (kisə, “yesterday”)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Karachay-Balkar: кече (keçe, “night”)
    • Crimean Tatar: gece (“night”)
    • Kumyk: гече (geçe, “night”), геч (geç, “evening”)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Karakalpak: кеш (“yesterday”)
    • Kazakh: кеше (keşe, “yesterday”), кеш (keş, “evening”)
    • Nogai: кеше (keşe, “night”)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: кеч (kec, “evening”), кечээ (kecee, “yesterday”)
    • Southern Altai: кеч (keč, “evening”), кече (keče, “yesterday”)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀 (kéče, “evening, late in the evening”)
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: киэһэ (kiehe)
    • Yakut: киэһэ (kiehe)
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: киӌее (kicee) geǰe
    • Sayan:
      • Dukhan: geǰe (“evening”)
      • Soyot: кеҷе (“evening”)
      • Tofa: кеҷе (kece, “evening”)
      • Tuvan: кежээ (kejee, “evening”)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 692-693, 694-695
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 245
• Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, pages 40-41, 50-51
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kēč (-e)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 82