Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ẹk(k)iŕ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)i (“two”) +‎ *-ŕ.

Noun

*ẹk(k)iŕ

twins

Related terms

*üč-(ü)ŕ (“triplets”)
*dȫrt-(ü)ŕ (“quadruplets”)
*bẹ̄ĺ(k)-(i)ŕ (“quintuplets”)
*altï-ŕ (“sextuplets”)
*yeti-ŕ (“septuplets”)

Descendants

→ Proto-Mongolic: *ikire
- → Mongolian: ихэр (ikher, “twins”)
- → Yakut: игирэ (igire, “twin”)
Oghur:
- Chuvash: йӗкӗреш (jĕk̬ĕreš)
- → Hungarian: iker
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: [Term?]
  - Azerbaijani: əkiz
    - Ottoman Turkish: [Term?]
      - Turkish: ikiz
- Turkmen: ekiz
Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: egiz
  - Karachay-Balkar: эгиз (egiz)
  - Kumyk: эгиз (egiz)
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: игеҙәк (igeðäk)
  - Tatar: игез (igez)
- South Kipchak
  - Kazakh: егіз (egiz)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: эгиз (egiz)
Karluk:
- Chagatai: [Term?]
  - Uzbek: egizak
Siberian:
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan Turkic:
    - Tuvan: ийис (iyis)