Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tēk

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

Perhaps from Old Chinese 隻 (*tjaːɡ, “alone, single, unique”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik (“one”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

*tēk

1. single
2. unique
3. alone

Descendants

• Oguz
  • Azerbaijani: tək
    • → Armenian: թաք (tʻakʻ)
    • → Persian: تک (tak)
  • Ottoman Turkish: تك (tek)
    • Turkish: tek
  • Turkmen: täk (ýeke-täk)
• Kypchak
  • Kazakh: тек (tek)
  • Kyrgyz: тек (tek)
  • Tatar: тик (tik)
  • Bashkir: тик (tik)
  • Crimean Tatar: tek
  • Kumyk: тек (tek)
• Siberian
  • South Siberian
    • Tuvan: тик (tik)
• Other languages
  • → Mongolian: тэг (teg)