User:Crom daba/IE-Altaic correspondences
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This page houses odd correspondences between Altaic and Indo-European languages, it should not be understood as an endorsement of any macrofamily (including Altaic).
The list
[edit]- Proto-Slavic *tolkъno : Proto-Turkic *talkan (Mongolian талх (talx)) (: Finnish talkkuna)
- Proto-Slavic *palъka (Russian палка (palka)), Sanskrit परशु (paraśu), Ancient Greek πέλεκυς (pélekus) : Proto-Mongolic *haluka (Mongolian алх (alx))
- Proto-Slavic *bykъ : Proto-Turkic *buka
- Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, Proto-Celtic *bukkos, Old Armenian բուծ (buc), Persian بز (boz), Avestan 𐬠𐬏𐬰𐬀 (būza), Sanskrit बुख (bukha) : Proto-Mongolic *bugu (Mongolian буга (buga))
- Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, top”) : Proto-Turkic *töpö (“top, crest, horse-tail banner”) (Turkish tepe), Japanese 髱 (tabo, “bun, topknot”), Mongolian дээр (deer, “on”)
- Proto-Slavic *konjь (“horse”), Old Armenian խոյ (xoy, “ram”): Proto-Turkic *kōñ (“sheep”) (Turkish koyun)
- Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”) (Serbo-Croatian junac (“bullock”), Latin iuvencus (“young, bullock”)) : Proto-Turkic *ingek (“cow”) (Turkish inek), Proto-Mongolic *ünixen (“cow”) (: Hungarian ünő (“heifer”))
- Proto-Indo-European *márkos (“horse”) : Proto-Mongolic *morïn (“horse”) (Mongolian морь (morʹ)), Korean 말 (mal, “horse”)
- Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (Persian بید (bid, “willow”), German Weide (“willow”)) : Proto-Mongolic *huda (“willow”) (Mongolian уд (ud))
- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”) (Ancient Greek αἴξ (aíx), Lithuanian ožys) : Proto-Turkic *ečkü (“goat”) (Tuvan өшкү (öşkü))
- Proto-Indo-European *átta (Proto-Slavic *otьcь) : Proto-Mongolic *ecige (Mongolian эцэг (eceg)), Proto-Turkic *ata (Turkish ata)
- Proto-Indo-European *kob- (Proto-Slavic *kobь (“fate”), Old Norse happ (“good luck”), Old Irish cob (“victory”)) : Common Turkic *kobï (“unlucky”), Proto-Mongolic *kubï (Mongolian хувь (xuvʹ, “part, share, fate, luck”))