Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kara

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

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *kara (black) and Proto-Japonic *kuro by Altaicists. Needless to say, such comparisons are not widely accepted as legitimate cognate relations by the consensus.

Adjective

*kara

  1. black

Derived terms

  • *kapkara (jet-black) (intensified adjectival form)

Descendants

Oghur
  • Proto-Oghur: *χara
    • Bulgar
      • Proto-Bulgar: *χåra
        • Volga Bulgar:
          • Old Chuvash: *χåra
            • Middle Chuvash: *χora
Common Turkic
  • Proto-Common Turkic: *kara

References

  1. ^ Roos, Marti (2000) The Western Yugur (Yellow Uyghur) Language. Grammar, Texts, Vocabulary, Leiden: University of Leiden, page 20
  2. ^ Валентин Иванович Рассадин (2005) Словарь тофаларско-русский и русско-тофаларский, page 42
  • Agyágasi, Klára (2019) Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, page 226

See also

Colors in Proto-Turkic · *boduglar, *bodugsāyïn (layout · text)
     *āk, *ürüŋ      *boŕ, *sūr, *kuba, *čāl, *oń      *kara
             *kïŕïl; *āl              *koŋur, *yạgïŕ              *sārïg, *yẹgren
                          *yāĺïl             
                          *kȫk             
                          *(y)ip-