Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tēk

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

Perhaps from Old Chinese 隻 (*tjaːɡ, “alone, single, unique”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik (“one”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

*tēk

Descendants

Oguz
- Azerbaijani: tək
  - → Armenian: թաք (tʻakʻ)
  - → Persian: تک (tak)
- Ottoman Turkish: تك (tek)
  - Turkish: tek
- Turkmen: täk (ýeke-täk)
Kypchak
- Kazakh: тек (tek)
- Kyrgyz: тек (tek)
- Tatar: тик (tik)
- Bashkir: тик (tik)
- Crimean Tatar: tek
- Kumyk: тек (tek)
Siberian
- South Siberian
  - Tuvan: тик (tik)
Other languages
- → Mongolian: тэг (teg)

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