Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bạk-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*bak-

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps comparable to Proto-Tungusic *baka- (“to find, obtain”) and Proto-Japonic *bàkàr- (“to understand”). For semantics compare Latin teneō (“to watch, obtain, understand”) and Latin percipiō (“to perceive, see, understand”).

Verb

*bạk-

(intransitive) to look; to watch

Derived terms

*bạk-ïg
*bạk-ïĺ
*bạk-gu
*bạk-ïgma
*bạk-mak
*bạk-ar
*bạk-dačï
*bạk-gay

*bạk-mïĺ
*bạk-duk
*bạk-gan
*bạk-a
*bạk-u
*bạk-ïp
*bạk-galï

*bạk-sa-
*bạk-ma-
- *bạk-ma-ŕ
*bạk-ïn-
*bạk-ïl-
*bạk-ïĺ-
*bạk-ur-
*bạk-ït-
- *bạk-tur-

Descendants

Common Turkic
- Karakhanid: بَقْماقْ‎ (baqmāq)
- Khorezmian: [script needed] (baq-)
- Oghuz
  - Azerbaijani: baxmaq
  - Gagauz: bakmaa
  - Ottoman Turkish: باقمق‎ (baqmaq)
    - Turkish: bakmak
  - Turkmen: bakmak
  - Salar: [script needed] (pax-), [script needed] (vax-)
- Kipchak
  - Cuman: [script needed] (baq-)
  - Mamluk-Kipchak: [script needed] (baq-)
  - West Kipchak
    - Crimean Tatar: baqmaq
  - North Kipchak
    - Bashkir: бағыу (bağïw)
    - Tatar: багарга (bağarga)
  - South Kipchak
    - Caspian
      - Kazakh: бағу (bağw)
      - Nogai бакув (bakuv)
    - Kyrgyz-Kipchak
      - Kyrgyz: багуу (baguu)
      - Southern Altai: багар (bagar)
- Karluk:
  - Chagatai: [script needed] (baqmaq)
    - Uzbek: boqmoq
    - Uyghur: باقماق‎ (baqmaq)
- Siberian
  - North Siberian
    - Dolgan: бык (bïk)
    - Yakut: бык (bık)
  - South Siberian
    - Sayan Turkic
      - Tuvan бакылар (bakılar)
    - Yenisei Turkic
      - Khakas: пағарға (pağarğa)
Oghur
- Chuvash: пӑхма (păhma)