Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bitig

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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bitig

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Turkic *biti- (“to write”).

Noun

*bitig

1. inscription, scripture

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: пӗтӳ (pĕt̬ü, “amulet”)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: بتى‎ (biti, “letter, written document”)
    • Azerbaijani: bitik (archaic)
    • Ottoman Turkish: بتى‎ (biti, “letter, written document; memory (literature); bill, document”)
  • Salar: bitik
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (bitig), [script needed] (bitik)
    • Khorezmian Turkic: [Term?]
      • → Bulgar: بطك‎ (bitik)
      • Chagatai: [Term?]
        • Uyghur: بيتىك‎ (bytik)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: бетеү (betew, “amulet”)
    • Tatar: бөти (böti, “letter, amulet”)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Karaim: битик
    • Kumyk: битик (bitik, “amulet”)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: бітік (bitik, “letter, scripture”)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏‎ (bitig)
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (bitig)
    • Western Yugur: [script needed] (pïʰtïɣ, “book”)
• → Mongolian: бичиг (bichig)
  • → Kyrgyz: бичик (biçik, “book of Kalmyk”)
  • → Southern Altai: бичик (bičik, “book”)
  • → Khakas: пічік (pìçìk, “book”)
  • → Shor: пичик (“script, alphabet”)
  • → Tuvan: бижик (bijik)
  • → Yakut: бичик (biçik)

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