Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-melig

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 / O / U	E / I / Ö / Ü
*-malïg	*-melig

Etymology

From +‎ *-me +‎ *-lig (see more at Turkish -meli). However, the existence of the Chuvash cognate, may precede the Turkish derivation from -me +‎ -li.

Suffix

*-melig

1. Suffix creating necessitative.

   ‎*seb- (“to love”) + ‎*-melig → ‎*sebmelig (“(s/he) should love”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: -малла (-malla), -мелле (-melle)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: -məli, -malı
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: -meli, -malı
  • Turkmen: -meli, -maly
• Kipchak:
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: -мелі (-melı), -пелі (-pelı), -белі (-belı) (not as necessitative suffix, but as verbal-adjective)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Southern Altai: -мел (-mel)