Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-lig

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

preceding vowel
A / Ï	E / I	O / U	Ö / Ü
*-lïg	*-lig	*-lug	*-lüg

Suffix

*-lig

1. A positive adjective suffix.

   ‎*kǖč (“power”) + ‎*-lig → ‎*kǖčlüg (“powerful”)

   Antonym: *-siŕ

Related terms

• *-gan (verbal adjective)
• *-si (suffix equipping headword)
• *-ür (positive present tense)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: -лӗ (-lĕ)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: -lığ, -lig
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: ـلو (-lu, -lü)
    • Azerbaijani: -lı, -li, -lu, -lü
    • Ottoman Turkish: ـلو (-lı,-li,-lu,-lü), (Late Ottoman) ـلی (-lı,-li,-lu,-lü)
      • Turkish: -lı, -li, -lu, -lü
      • → Greek: -λής (-lís)
  • Turkmen: -li, -ly
  • Salar:
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid:
    • Chagatai: ـلیغ (-lığ), ـلیک (-lig), ـلوغ (-luğ), ـلوک (-lüg)
      • Uzbek: -li
      • Uyghur: ـلىق (-liq), ـلىك (-lik), ـلۇق (-luq), ـلۈك (-lük)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: -лы (-lı), -ле (-le), -ло (-lo), -лө (-lö)
    • Tatar: -лы (-lı), -ле (-le)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar:
    • Kumyk:
    • Karachay-Balkar:
    • Karaim:
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: -ды (-dy), -ді (-dı), -ты (-ty), -ті (-tı), -лы (-ly), -лі (-lı)
      • Karakalpak:
      • Nogai:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: -луу (-luu), -лүү (-lüü), -дуу (-duu), -дүү (-düü), -туу (-tuu), -түү (-tüü)
      • Southern Altai: -лу (-lu), -лӱ (-lü), -ду (-du), -дӱ (-dü), -ту (-tu), -тӱ (-tü)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰠𐰏- (l²g-)
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan:
    • Yakut: -дү (-dü)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tofa:
      • Tuvan:
    • Yenisei:
      • Shor:
      • Khakas:
      • Western Yugur:
• → Mongolian: -лаг (-lag)