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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/erk

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

Compare to Proto-Mongolic *erke. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*erk

  1. authority
  2. free will, independence

Declension

Derived terms

  • *erk-in (free)
  • *erk-lig (evil god in Turkic myth; authoritative)
  • *erk-siŕ (unauthoritative)

Descendants

  • ? Proto-Mongolic: *erke
  • Oghur:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: ərk
      • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (erk)
    • Turkmen: erk
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: [script needed] (erk)
      • Chagatai: [script needed] (érk)
  • Kypchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰼𐰚 (r²k /⁠erk⁠/), 𐰼𐰃𐰚 (r²ik /⁠erik⁠/)
      • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (erk)

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “er”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 220
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