Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bẹĺčig

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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bẹĺčig

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

Sevortyan proposes two possible etymologies:

• Deverbal from *beĺe-~*peĺe-, denominal verb of *beĺ~*peĺ (“cradle”).
• From *bē +‎ *-ĺe or *bē +‎ *-le.

Noun

*bẹĺčig

1. cradle

Declension

Declension of *bẹĺčig

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*bẹĺčig
Accusative	*bẹĺčigni, *bẹĺčignig 1)
Genitive	*bẹĺčigniŋ
Dative	*bẹĺčigke
Locative	*bẹĺčigte
Ablative	*bẹĺčigten
Instrumental 2)	*bẹĺčigin
Equative 2)	*bẹĺčigče

¹⁾ Found in early Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Volga Bulgar:
    • Chuvash: пелче (pelč̬e)
  • → Hungarian: bölcső
• Common Turkic: *bẹšik

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: beşik
    • Ottoman Turkish: بشیك‎
      • Turkish: beşik
      • → Armenian: բեշիկ (bešik), պեշիկ (pešik)
  • Turkmen: bişek, bīşik
• Karluk:
  • Uzbek: beshik
  • Uyghur: بۆشۈك‎ (böshük)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: бишек (bişek)
    • Tatar: бишек (bişek)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Karachay-Balkar: бешик (beşik)
    • Crimean Tatar: beşik
    • Kumyk: бешик (beşik)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: бешик (beşik)
    • Southern Altai: межик (mežik, “coffin, cradle”)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Nogai: бесик (besik)
    • Kazakh: бесік (besık)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (bešik)[1];
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: биһик (bihik, “cradle”)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tofa: беӌик
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: пизік (pizìk)
      • Shor: пежик
    • Northern Altai: бежик (bežik)

References

• Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages]‎ (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, pages 122-123
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, pages 72a
• Tekin, Talât. “Once More Zetacism and Sigmatism.” Central Asiatic Journal, vol. 23, no. 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, 1979, page 130.

1. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969) Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 97