Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ẹrkek

Etymology
It has originally been considered to be a derivation from the near-synonymous, however most sources have since disputed this, noting the vowel mismatch (*ẹ- as opposed to *ē-) and impossible morphology (the denominal suffix *-kek ~ *-gek is used to form body parts).

Erdal instead suggests a derivation from with the diminutive suffix, compare , the diminutive of , for a reverse semantic shift.

Could be related to if it was originally pronounced *ẹrkeč.

Adjective

 * 1)  male

Descendants

 * Arghu:
 * Oghuz:
 * West Oghuz:
 * Oghuz-Uyghur:
 * East Oghuz:
 * Karluk:
 * Kipchak:
 * North Kipchak:
 * South Kipchak:
 * East Kipchak:
 * Siberian:
 * North Siberian:
 * South Siberian:
 * Sayan Turkic:
 * Kipchak:
 * North Kipchak:
 * South Kipchak:
 * East Kipchak:
 * Siberian:
 * North Siberian:
 * South Siberian:
 * Sayan Turkic:
 * East Kipchak:
 * Siberian:
 * North Siberian:
 * South Siberian:
 * Sayan Turkic:
 * North Siberian:
 * South Siberian:
 * Sayan Turkic:
 * South Siberian:
 * Sayan Turkic:
 * South Siberian:
 * Sayan Turkic: