-
Golden (1992:202, 227, 263)
accepted the
identification of
Kimeks with Imeks/
Yimeks/Yemeks,
because the /k/ > ∅,
resulting in
Kimek > İmek, was
indeed attested...
- i.e. "soldier" (cf.
Middle Turkic uruş "quarrel, fight, battle, war")),
Yimek ~
Yemek (R.
Polovtsi Yemiakove), Yete-oba (R. Yetebichi), Yuğur, Moguty...
-
Golden (1992:202, 227, 263)
accepted the
identification of
Kimeks with Imeks/
Yimeks/Yemeks,
because the /k/ > ∅,
resulting in
Kimek > İmek, was
indeed attested...
