Kazakh еркек

← Southern Altai эркек (cognate)

← Azerbaijani erkək (cognate)

← Crimean Tatar erkek (cognate)

← Kumyk эркек (cognate)

← Kyrgyz эркек (cognate)

← Turkish erkek (cognate)

← Proto-Turkic *ẹr-kek (inherited)

→ Southern Altai эркек (cognate)

→ Kazakh еркексіреу (compound)