Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kurč

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

Nugteren compares the word to Proto-Mongolic *kurca (“sharp”), whence also Mongolian хурц (xurc, “sharp”).

Adjective

*kurč

  1. hard
  2. sharp

Reconstruction notes

The reason of semantical change in most of Turkic languages from "hard" to "steel" is probably to indicate the hardness of steel.

Descendants

  • →? Proto-Mongolic: *kurca
    • Mongolian: хурц (xurc)
  • Oghur:
  • Common Turkic:
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: ҡорос (qoros, “steel”)
      • Tatar: корыч (qorıç, “steel”)
    • West Kipchak:
      • Karachay-Balkar: къурч (qurç, “steel”)
      • Kumyk: къурч (qurç, “brisk, vigorous”)
    • South Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: курч (kurc, “steel; sharp”)
      • Southern Altai: курч (kurč, “sharp”)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: qurč (firm: stout)

References

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