*kīĺ

sable

Proto-Turkic: *kīĺ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *k`i̯ū́ĺa
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: соболь
Turkic: *kīĺ
Mongolian: *kulgana
Tungus-Manchu: *xulu-kī
Comments: VEWT 272, TMN 3, 664-665, EDT 752, Щербак 1961, 143, ЭСТЯ 5, 77-78, Лексика 162-163, Stachowski 149 (one of the Turk.-Samoyed. contact words; because of the Tungus parallel, probably Turk. > Samoyed., despite Helimski 1995). The Chuvash form reveals irregular vocalism and may in fact reflect a merger with PT *Küĺül 'rat, mole' (v. sub *k`ĕ̀ĺú). Turk. > Mong. er-kis 'male sable', ebsi-gis 'female sable' (see Clark 1980, 43).
Old Turkic: kiš (Orkh.)
Karakhanid: kiš (MK, KB)
Tatar: keš
Middle Turkic: kiš (MA, Pav. C., Sangl.)
Uzbek: kiš
Oyrat: kiš
Chuvash: kъʷš
Yakut: kīs
Dolgan: kīs
Tuva: kiš
Kirghiz: kiš
Kazakh: kis
Noghai: kis, kiš
Bashkir: keš
Kumyk: kiš