Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kirpik

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

Clauson suggests a diminutive formation *kirpi (“hedgehog”) +‎ *-k.

Nishanyan and ESTJa instead suggest a derivation *kïrp- (“to shave; to wink”) +‎ *-k, however this should've yielded the earliest form *kïrpuk.

Noun

*kirpik

  1. (anatomy) eyelash

Declension

Declension of *kirpik
singular 3)
nominative *kirpik
accusative *kirpikig, *kirpikni1)
genitive *kirpikniŋ
dative *kirpikke
locative *kirpikde
ablative *kirpikden
allative *kirpikgerü
instrumental 2) *kirpikin
equative 2) *kirpikče
similative 2) *kirpikleyü
comitative 2) *kirpikligü
1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: хӑрпӑк (hărp̬ăk)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (kirpik)
    • East Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: [script needed] (kirpik)
      • Chagatai: [script needed] (kirpik)
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic:
      • Old Uyghur: kyrpyk (kirpik)
        • Western Yugur: kərmək
    • South Siberian:

References

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