Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kāŕ

Etymology
Considering the bird’s black feathers, it could be a derivative of the word 'black' (see 🇨🇬), but most data support the hypothesis of an origin. Probably related to the 🇨🇬 onomatopoeic word. This onomatopoeic formation may serve the same function as other Turkic bird-related words like and, compare the Hungarian onomatopoeic word kár-kár ("to croak").

Alternatively, borrowed from some reflex of, perhaps. Pedersen derived from 🇨🇬, the supposed earlier form of, but this derivation is implausible. Unlikely to be a direct borrowing from Proto-Indo-European, but perhaps coincidental or a cultural Wanderwort. Compare with,.

Noun

 * 1) goose

Descendants

 * Oghur:
 * Common Turkic:
 * Common Turkic:


 * Oghuz:
 * Kurdish:
 * Karluk:
 * Kipchak:
 * North Kipchak:
 * West Kipchak:
 * South Kipchak:
 * Caspian:
 * Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
 * Siberian:
 * North Siberian:
 * South Siberian:
 * Sayan Turkic:
 * Yenisei Turkic:
 * Altai Turkic:
 * → Alanic:
 * ‘crane’
 * Kipchak:
 * North Kipchak:
 * West Kipchak:
 * South Kipchak:
 * Caspian:
 * Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
 * Siberian:
 * North Siberian:
 * South Siberian:
 * Sayan Turkic:
 * Yenisei Turkic:
 * Altai Turkic:
 * → Alanic:
 * ‘crane’
 * South Kipchak:
 * Caspian:
 * Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
 * Siberian:
 * North Siberian:
 * South Siberian:
 * Sayan Turkic:
 * Yenisei Turkic:
 * Altai Turkic:
 * → Alanic:
 * ‘crane’
 * North Siberian:
 * South Siberian:
 * Sayan Turkic:
 * Yenisei Turkic:
 * Altai Turkic:
 * → Alanic:
 * ‘crane’
 * Yenisei Turkic:
 * Altai Turkic:
 * → Alanic:
 * ‘crane’
 * Altai Turkic:
 * → Alanic:
 * ‘crane’
 * → Alanic:
 * ‘crane’
 * ‘crane’
 * ‘crane’
 * ‘crane’
 * ‘crane’
 * ‘crane’
 * ‘crane’
 * ‘crane’
 * ‘crane’
 * ‘crane’
 * ‘crane’