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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kańak

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

There have been a few theories on the derivation:

  1. Clauson derives from a hypothetical *kań-, however such a verb is not attested.
  2. Nişanyan instead suggests *kańa- (to boil; to melt) + *-k.
  3. Doerfer suggests a derivation from a hypothetical *kāyïn-, the passive of *kāy- (to slide), however this is unlikely on phonological grounds.

Noun

*kańak

  1. cream, kaymak

Declension

Derived terms

  • *kańaklan-

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Early Volga Bulgar: قَنَقْ (qanaq) (11th c.)
  • Common Turkic:

References

  1. Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20) (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1417, page 410
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