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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/barmak

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

Fedotov, ESTJa suggest a derivation from *bār (probably via an intermediary *bārï-) + *-mak, if so the word may have had a vowel shortening as a result of length in the suffix.

Räsänen and Nişanyan suggests a derivation from *bar- (to go to) + *-mak with semantic expansion.

Noun

*barmak

  1. (Common Turkic, anatomy) finger
    Synonyms: *tarmak, *erŋek
  2. (Siberian Turkic) branch
    Synonyms: *tarmak, *tāl, *būtïk

Declension

Descendants

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  • Arghu:
    • Khalaj: barmaq
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: بارمق (barmak)
    • Uyghur-Oghuz:
    • East Oghuz:
    • Khalaj: bırmaq
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Khakas: [script needed] (parbax, branched)

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), parmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, pages 182
  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, page 66
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*biarŋak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • in Turkic Lexicon.
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