Open AccessThe etymology of Karaim kybyn ‘pie’
Author(s) -
Henryk Jankowski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
almanach karaimski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2300-8164
pISSN - 2353-5466
DOI - 10.33229/ak.2021.10.4
Subject(s) - etymology , verb , linguistics , turkish , meaning (existential) , relation (database) , philosophy , root (linguistics) , history , word (group theory) , literature , art , computer science , epistemology , database
The article presents the etymology of Karaim kybyn ‘pie’ already proposed by Ananiasz Zajączkowski from a Turkic verb that is only evidenced in Turkish. The word kybyn is known only in Karaim. The same verb is thought to be a base of another derived word, kybty ‘scissors, shears’, which is attested in more Turkic languages from Old Turkic onwards. The etymology of kybty was also postulated by Ananiasz Zajączkowski and approved by later researchers. The article gives new evidence, examines the meaning and the history of the Turkish (göz) kıp- ‘to wink’ and a possible relation of the verb kıp- to kırp- and kırk- ‘to clip, to shear’. It is worth noting that kybyn is nowadays one of the best recognizable products of Karaim culture in Lithuania.