ȫrümçek

Meaning:
spider

örümçek is formed from örüm “something plaited or woven”, ultimately from ör- “to plait, weave”.

Alongside descendants of örümçek, some Turkic languages use a related formation corresponding to örmekçi, literally “weaver”, for “spider”; compare Kazakh örmekşi, Karakalpak örmekşi, Nogai örmekşen and dialectal Kyrgyz örmökçü.

Word family

Formed from ȫrüm [ȫrüm] “plaited, woven; plait, woven work” using -çak². The suffix -çak2 forms nominals from nominals, often with diminutive or endearing meaning. Some derivatives became lexicalized names of concrete objects.

In modern languages

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Language Cognate
Turkmen The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Turkish (Azerbaijan) hörümçək
Turkish (Türkiye) örümcek
Salar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Gagauz örümcäk
Crimean örümçek
Uyghur ömüçük
Uzbek The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kazakh The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Nogai The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Siberian Tatar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kyrgyz The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Altai The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Alan The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kumyk The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Tatar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Bashkir The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Tıva The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Khakas irimǯik
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Khalaj The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Chuvash The cognate has disappeared from this language.

Examples

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Translations

German:
Spinne
Russian:
паук
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
hörümçək
Turkish (Türkiye):
örümcek

  • Hendrik Boeschoten (2022) A dictionary of early middle Turkic p. 223
    örümčäk ‘spider’ (QA, TZ, MG) / örümčük (QT3–4, IMa, MAn, NF, XŠ, TZ) / örümčik (IMb, CCb) / örüm (QAt,c) [a back-formation]
  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen: Altuigurisch – Deutsch – Türkisch | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü: Eski Uygurca – Almanca – Türkçe p. 542
    örümčik Spinne || örümcek
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 231b
    D örümçek Conc. N. fr. örüm; ‘spider’. Survives, more or less in this form, in NE, SE, and SW. In the medieval period an alternative word örmekçı:, N.Ag. fr. örmek, appeared, and survives more or less in this form in NC, NW. This word was metathesized to örgämçi which is first noted in Çağ. xv ff. Vel. 102; San. 71r. 21, and still survives in SC. See also 1 bö:ğ. Xak. xi örümçek al-‘ankabūt ‘spider’ Kaş. I 152: xiv Muh. al-‘ankabūt örümçik Mel. 74, 4; ö:rümçük Rif. 177: Xwar. xiv örümçük ditto Qutb 124: Kom. xiv ‘spider’ örümçik CCG; Gr.: Kip. xv ‘ankabūt (böy and) örümcük Tuh. 25a. 13 (in margin, ‘also örümçek’). Osm. xiv, xv örümçek in two texts TTS II 757; III 568: xviii örmücek (spelt) in Rūmī, ‘ankabūt San. 71v. 2; örümçek in Rūmī ‘ankabūt, also pronounced örmüçek do. 71v. 19.
  • M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen p. 375b
    mtü. örümčäk ’Spinne’, AH. örmäčäk, IM. örümčük, čag. osm. örümǯäk, sag. örüŋmäčäk, öriŋmeǯek, kom. örümčik, kč. örümǯik, čag. örümǯik, tar. örmüčüg, bar. örömöčüj, čag. örgänči, hak. örbekej, irimǯik < örüm ’Flechtwerk’ < ör ’flechten’ Vgl. soj. ēremčik ’паук’ < ägir ’spinnen’