𐰴𐰢𐰽𐰀-

qamša-

Meaning:

to sway, to move to and fro

Details:

Metaphorically from “to sway like reeds in the wind” (Clauson, 1972).

Words with the same root:

In modern languages

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German:

sich bewegen, hin und her schwanken

Russian:

двигаться, качаться, колыхаться

Turkish (Azerbaijan):

yırğalanmaq, hərəkət etmək, tərpənmək

Turkish (Türkiye):

hareket etmek, kımıldamak

Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 629

kamşa:- D kamşa:- Den. V. fr. kamış in the metaph. sense of ‘to move or sway’ like reeds in the wind; n.o.a.b. Türkü vm ff. IrkB 16, etc. (1 tur-): Uyğ. vm ff. Man.-A M III 9, 15 (ii) (çokra:-): Bud. TT X 164, etc. (tepre:-).