- Jahrgang 25 (2021)
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The present paper deals with the possible etymological relation between the Kazakh noun besịk ‘cradle’ and the verb böle- ‘to swaddle (a child)’. Hypotheses accounting for the correspondences of -l- and š (Kazakh s) are discussed.