Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kēkir-

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

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *keke-, *kaka- (“to belch; to choke”); Proto-Tungusic *kaxa- (“to choke”).

Verb

*kēkir-

to belch

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: какӑр (kak̬ăr)
Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: gə̂gürmək
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: gəyirmək
  - Ottoman Turkish:
    - Turkish: geğirmek
    - Gagauz: giirmää
- Turkmen: gǟgirmek
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: كَكِرْمَكْ‎ (kekirmek)
  - Uzbek: kekirmoq
  - Uyghur: كېكىرمەك‎ (këkirmek)
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: кикереү (kikerew)
  - Tatar: кикерергә (kikerergä)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: kekirmek
  - Kumyk: кекирмек (kekirmek)
  - Karachay-Balkar: кекирирге (kekirirge)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (kekir-)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: кекирүү (kekirüü)
  - Southern Altai: кегир (kegir)
- South Kipchak:
  - Karakalpak: kekirmek
  - Kazakh: кекіру (kekıru)
  - Nogai: кекіруьв (kekіrüv)
Siberian:
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: кэҕэрт (keğert)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tofa: [script needed] (keɣirer)
    - Tuvan: кегирер (kegirer)
  - Yenisei:
    - Khakas: [script needed] (kigǝr-)
    - Western Yugur: [script needed] (kekirt-)