Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kurč

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 notes

The reason of semantical change in most of Turkic languages from "hard" to "steel" is probably to indicate the hardness of steel.

Etymology

Nugteren compares the word to Proto-Mongolic *kurca (“sharp”), whence also Mongolian хурц (xurc, “sharp”).

Adjective

*kurč

  1. hard
  2. sharp

Descendants

  • →? Proto-Mongolic: *kurca
    • Mongolian: хурц (xurc)
  • Oghur:
  • Common Turkic:
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: ҡорос (qoros, “steel”)
      • Tatar: корыч (qorıç, “steel”)
    • West Kipchak:
      • Karachay-Balkar: къурч (qurç, “steel”)
      • Kumyk: къурч (qurç, “brisk, vigorous”)
    • South Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: курч (kurc, “steel; sharp”)
      • Southern Altai: курч (kurč, “sharp”)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: qurč (firm: stout)

References

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