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NODE / 0570reconstructedProto-Turkic

*kad- / *kad-ï

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

DATE
Proto-Turkic analysis
SENSE
fir tree wood root
FAMILY
Turkic / Proto-Turkic
CANONICAL KEY
node:72:kad kadi:reconstructed:sense:fir-tree-wood-root

The source also discusses a competing *kay- “turn, bend” analysis; both remain visible in the dispute record.

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This form is reconstructed by comparison. It is not directly attested in this exact written form.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.

No securely reviewed ancestor extends beyond this node. 1 evidence path stops at this boundary.

INSPECT 1 CITED BOUNDARY CLAIM
GO DEEPERknowledge boundaryboundary
Beyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Proto-Turkic analysis · kayik deep boundary

UNKNOWN

No deeper ancestor is promoted beyond the competing Turkic analyses.

SOUND
No deeper form is promoted beyond the competing Turkic analyses.
MEANING
The dossier ends inside Turkic and explicitly rejects chance similarity as ancestry.
SCHOLAR
SET-U editorial boundary · José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente
CONFIDENCE
boundary
Urban legends: Turkish kayık “boat” and “Eskimo” qayaq “kayak”supportsConclusion — no genealogical or areal relation to qayaq

Supports the Turkic boundary and explicit rejection of false ancestry.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 527 ↗
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANTproposed derivationproposed
Old Turkic · Old Turkic, 11th century · small boat

kayguk

small boat

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.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 526 ↗
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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
2
DEEPEST PATH
2
MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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kayık2 connected nodes
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01proposed derivationproposed
Proto-Turkic*kad- / *kad-ï→Old Turkic · Old Turkic, 11th centurykayguksmall boat
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.
José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente1 CITATIONEDGE 526 ↗
Urban legends: Turkish kayık “boat” and “Eskimo” qayaq “kayak” · Abstract and Turkic analysis — kayguk, *kad- / *kad-ï, and competing *kay- account ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02historical 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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NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.

That is expected for a reconstructed form: the node is inferred from comparison, not quoted from a surviving occurrence.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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03kayık*kad- / *kad-ï · established