Themed tours

Curated Proto-Turkic stem sets around a common topic. Three kinds: inherited (native Turkic vocabulary), showcase (pedagogically classic sound-law examples), and loans (shared or parallel borrowings from Arabic, Persian, or Russian — Turkic Search flags these separately from true cognates).

Numbersinherited

Cardinal numerals 1-10 plus 100 and 1000. Rich showcase of the *s/*z and *c-hacek to Kipchak-s shift.

*bir*eki*uch*tȫrt*bẹ̄ĺ+7 more
Body partsinherited

Body-part stems — some of the most stable inherited vocabulary across the family.

*bāš*kȫŕ*ạl*adaq*til+7 more
Kinshipinherited

Family terms — very conservative across the family, with a few branch-specific innovations.

*ana*ata*ogul*qïŕ*aka+3 more
Colorsinherited

Basic color terms.

*qara*āq*qïŕïl*sarïg*kȫk+2 more
Sky and weatherinherited

Celestial bodies and atmospheric phenomena.

*kün*āy*yultuŕ*yagmur*qār+3 more
Landscapeinherited

Terrain and natural features — the steppe worldview in miniature.

*tāĺ*sūb*ōt*yēr*tāg+3 more
Animalsinherited

Steppe fauna and domestic animals central to Turkic pastoralism.

*at*ït*qus*balïq*bȫri+4 more
Motion verbsinherited

Common motion and posture verb stems (given in bare-stem form).

*kel-*bar-*tur-*olur-*uč-+3 more
Speech and knowledgeinherited

Language, cognition, and communication.

*sȫŕ*til*bil-*oqu-*ayt-+2 more
Time and seasonsinherited

Divisions of time from dawn to year.

*kün*tün*taŋ*yïl*yāŕ+3 more
Sound-law showcaseshowcase

Pedagogically classic stems chosen because their reflexes across branches illustrate the flagship Turkic sound laws in one place.

*yol*bāš*uch*tāg*toquŕ+3 more
Loan stratumloans

Words that look like cognates across the family but are shared or parallel borrowings — from Arabic (religion, law, learning), Persian (everyday, literary), or Russian (modern/technical, mostly in Kazakh). Included to demonstrate the distinction between inherited Turkic cognates and shared loans.

kitabqalamsaatdushmanbag-cha+3 more