The reviewed study places kayguk in an internal Turkic *kad- / *kad-ï history; a competing *kay- “turn, bend” account remains open.
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kayguk
small boat
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Turkic · Proto-Turkic analysis · fir tree wood root*kad- / *kad-ï
fir tree; reconstructed base proposed in the boat-word history
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A fir-tree or wood base is proposed to have developed into a boat word, plausibly through material association.
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José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente
proposed — The historical kayguk form is secure; the deeper derivational analysis is disputed.
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Urban legends: Turkish kayık “boat” and “Eskimo” qayaq “kayak”Abstract and Turkic analysis — kayguk, *kad- / *kad-ï, and competing *kay- account
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the secure historical stage and competing deeper analyses.
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