Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tekiŕ

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

Reconstruction

Fedotov connects the Chuvash form with *takïr (“level, smooth”), which is possible a Tatar loan in Chuvash, in which case the Chuvash form should be removed from this etymology.

Adjective

*tekiŕ

1. even, level

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: тагӑр (tagăr)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: tekīz
• Karluk:
  • Uzbek: tekis
  • Uyghur: تېكىس (tëkis)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: тигеҙ (tigeź)
    • Tatar: тигез (tigez)
      • → Chuvash: тикӗс (tik̬ĕs)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: тегіс (tegıs)
      • Karakalpak: тегис (tegis)
      • Nogai: тегис (tegis)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: тегиз (tegiz)
• Siberian:
  • Northern Altai: тегис (tegis)

References

• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, pages 468, 470