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CANONICAL LANGUAGE GRAPH

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NODE / 0569attestedOld Turkic

kayguk

small boat

DATE
Old Turkic, 11th century
SENSE
small boat
FAMILY
Turkic / Common Turkic
CANONICAL KEY
node:71:kayguk:attested:sense:small-boat

The philological study identifies kayguk as the oldest recoverable Turkic stage.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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GO DEEPERproposed derivationproposed
Proto-Turkic · Proto-Turkic analysis · fir tree wood root

*kad- / *kad-ï

fir tree; reconstructed base proposed in the boat-word history

SOUND
The reviewed study places kayguk in an internal Turkic *kad- / *kad-ï history; a competing *kay- “turn, bend” account remains open.
MEANING
A fir-tree or wood base is proposed to have developed into a boat word, plausibly through material association.
SCHOLAR
José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente
CONFIDENCE
proposed — The historical kayguk form is secure; the deeper derivational analysis is disputed.
Urban legends: Turkish kayık “boat” and “Eskimo” qayaq “kayak”supportsAbstract and Turkic analysis — kayguk, *kad- / *kad-ï, and competing *kay- account

Publishes the secure historical stage and competing deeper analyses.

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OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 526 ↗
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANThistorical continuationestablished
Turkish · Modern Turkish · small boat

kayık

small boat or rowboat

SOUND
Old Turkic kayguk develops into Turkish kayık through documented Turkic consonant-cluster reduction and vowel history; it does not descend from Inuit qayaq.
MEANING
The small-boat referent remains central.
SCHOLAR
José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente · Türk Dil Kurumu
CONFIDENCE
established — The historical and modern forms are independently documented.
Urban legends: Turkish kayık “boat” and “Eskimo” qayaq “kayak”supportspp. 7–24 — Old Turkic kayguk and modern Turkish kayık

Documents the historical continuation inside Turkic.

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Kayık — Güncel Türkçe SözlüksupportsGüncel Türkçe Sözlük — kayık

Documents the current Turkish headword.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 525 ↗
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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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DEEPEST PATH
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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kayık1 connected node
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01historical continuationestablished
Old Turkickayguk→Turkish · Modern Turkishkayıksmall boat or rowboat
SOUND
Old Turkic kayguk develops into Turkish kayık through documented Turkic consonant-cluster reduction and vowel history; it does not descend from Inuit qayaq.
MEANING
The small-boat referent remains central.
José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente · Türk Dil Kurumu2 CITATIONSEDGE 525 ↗
Urban legends: Turkish kayık “boat” and “Eskimo” qayaq “kayak” · pp. 7–24 — Old Turkic kayguk and modern Turkish kayık ↗Kayık — Güncel Türkçe Sözlük · Güncel Türkçe Sözlük — kayık ↗

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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02kayıkkayguk · established