*keĺč

1 belt 2 back, spine

Proto-Turkic: *keĺč
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *k`éĺe
Russian meaning: 1 пояс, ремень 2 спина, хребет
Turkic: *keĺč
Tungus-Manchu: *xelgeńe
Japanese: *kǝ́sí
Comments: VEWT 258, EDT 752, MNT 1697, ЭСТЯ 5, 60-61. Sak. käša- 'belt' may be < Turkic (Bailey 56 expresses doubts as to the phonetic regularity of its derivation from Proto-Iran. *kaša 'armpit'). The vowel may have been long - to judge from Turkm. kīšen 'chain' (which reflects a hybrid form between *kiĺe-n 'fetters', q. v. sub *k`ìĺa, and *keĺč 'belt').
Old Turkic: keš (OUygh.) 1
Karakhanid: keš ~ kiš (MK) 1
Chuvash: kaźan 2
Kirghiz: kešene 'girdle'