Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kēpi

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 *kēp (“form, image, example”), possibly suffixed with *-i. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Preposition

*kēpi

1. (Common Turkic) like

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: كِبِی (gibi)
      • Azerbaijani: kimi, (archaic) kibi, (dialectal) kimin, (dialectal) kimik
      • Gagauz: gibi
      • Ottoman Turkish: كبی (gibi), گبین (gibin)
        • Turkish: gibi
  • Turkmen: kimin
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid:
    • Uzbek: kabi
    • Uyghur: كەبى (kebi)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: кеүек (kewek)
    • Tatar: кеби (kebi), кебек (kebek)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: kibi
    • Kumyk: [script needed] (yimik)
    • Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (kibik)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Nogai: [script needed] (kimik)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak
      • Southern Altai: кеби (kebi, “shape”)