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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sakal

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 Proto-Mongolic *sakal, whence Buryat һахал (haxal), Kalmyk сахл (saxl), Dongxiang sagvan. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Compare Proto-Circassian *žaḳ́a (“beard”). Which might passed to Mongols from Scythian- like peoples. Like Sindoi, nomadic people who are actually Scythians lived in Pontic- Caspian Steppes, migrated westwards to Caucasus, meeting with ancestors of (Maeotians) present day Northwest Caucasus peoples like Circassians.

Noun

*sakal

  1. beard

Declension

Descendants

  • Arghu:
    • Khalaj: saqqal
  • Oghuz:
  • Kipchak:
  • Karluk
  • Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Tuvan: сал (sal)
      • Shor: сағалы
  • Oghur:
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