Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čeček

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

Noun

*čeček

flower
chicken-pox

Descendants

Oghur
- Chuvash: чечек (čeč̬ek)
- Khazar: [script needed] (čičäk) (“a female name”)
Common Turkic

Oghuz
- Old Anatolian Turkish: [Term?]
  - Azerbaijani: çiçək
  - Ottoman Turkish: چیچك‎
    - Turkish: çiçek
    - → Serbo-Croatian: чи́чак / číčak
- Salar: cicex
Karluk
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (čeček)
  - Uzbek: chechak
  - Uyghur: چېچەك‎ (chëchek)
Kipchak
- North Kipchak
  - Bashkir: сәскә (säskä)
  - Tatar: чәчәк (çäçäq)
- South Kipchak
  - Kazakh: шешек (şeşek), Kazakh: желшешек (jelşeşek) (“chicken-pox”)
- West Kipchak
  - Crimean Tatar: çiçek
  - Kumyk: чечек (çeçek)
- East Kipchak
  - Southern Altai: чечек (çeçek)
Siberian
- North Siberian
  - Yakut: чэчик (çeçik)
- South Siberian
  - Sayan
    - Tuvan: чечек (çeçek)
  - Yenisei
    - Shor: чайақ
    - Khakas: чахаях (çaxayax)
Arghu
- Khalaj: çiçek
→? Erzya: цеця (cecja)
→? Udmurt: сяська (sjasʹka)
→ Chechen: zezag (zezag)

References

http://www.khazaria.com/khazar-names.html