Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kē(y)t-

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

Verb

*kē(y)t-

1. (intransitive) to go, to go away

Synonyms

• *bar-

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: кай (kaj)
• Common Turkic: *kēt-

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (gitmek)
    • Azerbaijani: getmək
    • Ottoman Turkish: كتمك (gitmek)
      • Gagauz: gitmää
      • Turkish: gitmek
        • → Swedish: gitta
  • Turkmen: gitmek
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid:
    • Chagatai: کتماک (kätmäk)
      • Uzbek: ketmoq
      • Uyghur: كەتمەك (ketmek)
• Kipchak:
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: кетүү (ketüü)
    • Southern Altai: кеткин (ketkin, “migratory (of birds)”)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: китеү (kitew)
    • Tatar: китү (kitü)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Karakalpak: кетиў
    • Kazakh: кету (ketu)
    • Nogai: кетуьв (ketüv)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: ketmek
    • Kumyk: гетмек (getmek)
    • Karachay-Balkar: кетерге (keterge)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (ket-)
• Siberian Turkic:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ket-)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gē(j)t”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill