Comments:VEWT 251, EDT 722, ЭСТЯ 5, 36-38, Лексика 261-262. Turk. > Mong. kemik 'cartilage' (see Щербак 1997, 126; but the derivation of the Turk. form from *gemür- 'to gnaw' (v. sub *kĕ̀ma) is a folk etymology, although some contaminations were possible: Yak. kömürüö 'spongy bone' semantically continues *kemük, but formally is derived from *gemür-. MK has kemdi- 'to cut meat from the bones' and kemdük 'bone with meat cut off' - forms that may be related both to *kemük and *gemür-.