Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/karsak

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

Noun

*karsak

steppe fox

Declension

Declension of *karsak

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*karsak
Accusative	karsaknï, karsaknïg ¹⁾
Genitive	*karsaknïŋ
Dative	*karsakka
Locative	*karsakda
Ablative	*karsakdan
Instrumental ²⁾	*karsakïn
Equative ²⁾	*karsakča

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

Karluk:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (qarsaq)
- Karakhanid: قَرْساقْ‎ (qarsaq)
- Uzbek: qarsoq
Kipchak:
- Northern Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: ҡарһаҡ (qarhaq)
  - Tatar: карсак (qarsaq)
- Eastern Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: карсак (karsak)
- South Kipchak:
  - Karakalpak: qarsaq
  - Kazakh: қарсақ (qarsaq)
- → Russian: корсак (korsak)
  - → English: corsac

Notes

Transcribed in Weilüe as 昆子 (OC *kûn-tsəʔ).[1]

References

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

"Section 28 – The Kingdom of Dingling (Around Lake Baikal and on the Irtish River)" note 28.3 The Peoples of the West from the Weilue 魏略 by Yu Huan 魚豢 A Third Century Chinese Account Composed between 239 and 265 CE Quoted in zhuan 30 of the Sanguozhi Published in 429 CE Draft English translation by John E. Hill (September, 2004)

[1] "Section 28 – The Kingdom of Dingling (Around Lake Baikal and on the Irtish River)" note 28.3 The Peoples of the West from the Weilue 魏略 by Yu Huan 魚豢 A Third Century Chinese Account Composed between 239 and 265 CE Quoted in zhuan 30 of the Sanguozhi Published in 429 CE Draft English translation by John E. Hill (September, 2004)