Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kïr-

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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

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Etymology

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Exists in almost every Turkic language. Sometimes compared to Proto-Mongolic *kira- (to mince, cut small), Proto-Tungusic *kire- (to mince; to be broken off, break off; to gnaw), also Proto-Japonic *kiru (to cut).[1]

Verb

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*kïr-

  1. (transitive) to break, to demolish
  2. (transitive) to scrape, to shave

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • ? Proto-Mongolic: *kira-
  • ? Proto-Tungusic: *kire-
  • ? Proto-Japonic: *kir-
  • Oghur:
  • Common Turkic: *kïr-

References

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  1. ^ Tekin, Talât (1993) Japonca ve Altay Dilleri [Japanese and Altaic languages] (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: Doruk Yayınları, →ISBN, page 76
  • 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)‎[1] (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 567
  • Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VI, Moscow: Indrik, pages 227-229
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 265
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill