Similarities to Turkic

The orthography used to represent Turkic languages on this page is a phonemic system based on Turkish orthography. This is done to avoid focusing on the phonetic differences between different languages used. The IPA is used when describing the phonetics of Turkic languages.

Turkic words which are similar to words in other language groups

• altın - gold
  • Finnish kulta - gold
  • Germanic gold

• alma - apple
  • Germanic *æpl
  • Russian jablo-
  • Latin/Romance pom-
  • Greek melo-
  • Proto-IE HebOl-

• kün - day, sun
  • Germanic sun

• qal - stay
  • Germanic halt, hold

• qol - hand, arm
  • Germanic hand, hold

• qağan - ruler, khan
  • Hebrew kohen

• qız - girl, daughter
  • English kid, kith

• qay - (qaysı - which, qayda - where, (kim - who,) etc)
  • Proto-IE kwe (?)

• aðaq - foot
  • Proto-IE ped, pod

• ber - give
  • Proto-IE bher - carry, bear
  • Russian брать - take

• piçir - cook
  • Proto-IE pekw-
  • Russian печь

• bir - one
  • English first
  • Romance prim-
  • Proto-IE prHuo- - first

• ek(k)i - two
  • English second
  • Finnish kaksi (?)

• caq / cağ - jaw
  • English jaw

• yaxşı - good
  • Proto-IE meH-, wEsu- (?)

• gäpr - speak
  • English jabber
  • Russian говорить - speak
  • Proto-IE gebh- - jaw, mouth

• yil - year
  • English year

• yer - earth, land
  • Germanic erd
  • English yard, earth
  • Semitic ˀarḍ - earth

• aul - village (field?) (awla - yard)
  • English hall

• tur - stand
  • Germanic en: dare, yi: tor

• aq - "white"
  • Proto-IE arg'- - white, shine

• je - eat
  • Proto-IE ed- - eat

• çab- - cut
  • English chop
  • Spanish zapatas - shoes
  • French sabotage

• qulaq - ear
  • Tokharian B klautso

• bulat - steel, balta - axe
  • Tokharian A porat - axe
  • Proto-IE pelk'- - chop

• meŋä / miy - brain
  • Russian мозг - brain
  • Hebrew MWX - brain
    • Yiddish moyex - brain

• er - male, man
  • Proto-IE *er - bull, male

• ań - moon, month
  • (Proto-Altaic *ā́ńu, most Turkic ay)
  • Latin annus - year
  • Gothic *aþni - year