gezik 'a rodent ulcer' (EDT), kezek 'gangrene'

fever, contagious disease

Proto-Turkic: *KEŕi-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Russian meaning: лихорадка, заразная болезнь
Old Turkic: kezik (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: kezig (KB, MK)
Turkish: gezik 'a rodent ulcer' (EDT), kezek 'gangrene'
Middle Turkic: kezek 'a rodent ulcer' (Abush.), Kypch. keziv 'pestilence' (CCum.)
Uighur: kezik 'typhus'
Khakassian: kizǝm
Oyrat: kezim, kezü
Kirghiz: kezik 'long uncurable disease'
Kazakh: kezik 'fever'
Bashkir: kiδew 'pestilence'
Karakalpak: gezik 'a cold in the head'
Comments: EDT 758-759, VEWT 260 (derivation from kez- 'walk' is highly dubious).