Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kač-

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

Verb

*kač-

(Common Turkic)

to run away, to flee

Descendants

Karluk
- Karakhanid: قَاجْماقْ‎ (qačmāq)
  - Chagatai: قاچمق‎ (qačmaq)
    - Uzbek: qochmoq
    - Uyghur: قاچماق‎ (qachmaq)
Kipchak:
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: качуу (kaçuu)
  - Southern Altai: қач (қač)
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: ҡасыу (qasïw)
  - Tatar: качу (qaçu)
- South Kipchak:
  - Karakalpak: қашыў
  - Kazakh: қашу (qaşw)
  - Nogai: кашув (kaşuv)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: qaçmaq
  - Karachay-Balkar: къачаргъа
  - Kumyk: къачмакъ (qaçmaq)
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: [Term?]
  - Azerbaijani: qaçmaq
  - Ottoman Turkish: قاچمق‎
    - Gagauz: kaçmaa
    - Turkish: kaçmak
- Turkmen: gaçmak
Siberian Turkic:
- Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰲‎ (kač-)

References

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