Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tarmak

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

From *tar- (“to go apart, spread”) ‎ *-mak.

Noun

*tarmak

1. (Kipchak Turkic, Karluk Turkic) branch
2. (Siberian Turkic) finger

Descendants

• ⇒ Common Turkic: *tarmak (“branch”)

• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (tarmaq)
    • Uyghur: تارماق (tarmaq)
    • Uzbek: tarmoq
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: тармаҡ (tarmaq)
    • Tatar: тармак (tarmaq)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Kumyk: тармакъ (tarmaq)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: tarmaq
      • Kazakh: тармақ (tarmaq)
      • Nogai: [script needed] (tarmaq)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: тармак (tarmak)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur:
    • Western Yugur: [script needed] (tarmaq, “finger”)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: тарбах (tarbaq, “finger”)

References

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