Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bïčak

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *biček

Etymology

Either composed of *bïč- (“to cut, to cleave”) +‎ *-ak (deverbal suffix) or derived from Middle Chinese, potential candidates for such being 匕 (pjijX, “dagger”)[1] or 劈 (phek, “to slit, to cleave”).[2]

Noun

*bïčak

  1. (Common Turkic) knife

Declension

Declension of *bïčak (Common Turkic)
singular plural 2)
nominative *bïčak *bïčaklar
accusative
genitive *bïčaknïŋ *bïčaklarnïŋ
dative *bïčakka *bïčaklarka
locative *bïčakta *bïčaklarda
ablative *bïčaktan *bïčaklardan
instrumental 1) *bïčaklarïn
equative 1) *bïčakča *bïčaklarča
1) The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
2) This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ İnayet, Alimcan (2004), “Türkiye Türkçesi ile Çincedeki Benzer Kelimeler Üzerine”, in Türk Dil Kurumu (Beşinci Uluslararası Türk Dili Kurultayı Bildirileri), number 1, pages 1399-1408
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “bi:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 291

Further reading

  • Róna-Tas, András; Berta, Árpád; Károly, László (2011), West Old Turkic: Turkic Loanwords in Hungarian (Turcologica; 84), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 126-17
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