gevšek 1
1 soft, mild, gentle 2 to become weak 3 empty
Proto-Turkic: *geb-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *gĕbo
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: 1 мягкий, нежный 2 слабеть 3 пустой
Turkic: *geb-
Mongolian: *güji-
Tungus-Manchu: *gebu-
Comments: VEWT 244, 291, EDT 689, 691, ЭСТЯ 3, 9-10 (the root tends to contaminate either with *geb- 'chew' or with *köp 'foam').
Old Turkic: kevšek (OUygh.) 1, kevil- 2 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: kevšek (MK) 1, kevil- 2 (MK)
Turkish: gevšek 1
Middle Turkic: kewšek 1 (Pav. C.), (MKypch.) kewil- 2 (AH)
Azerbaidzhan: kövšek 1
Turkmen: gövšül 'dilapidated'
Khakassian: köpsek 1
Chuvash: kъʷbъʷš 1, kavža- 2
Yakut: köp 1
Tuva: kögžür-gej 'рыхлый, хрупкий (снег, лед)'
Kirghiz: köpšö- 2
Gagauz: kevše- 2