Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/anlayu

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *alayu

Etymology

From *an- +‎ *-layu, similative case of *ol (“he, she, it, that”). Oghuz langauges exhibit metathesis to *ayla.

Adjective

*anlayu

1. (Common Turkic) like that, similar to

Related terms

• *kanlayu (“how? in what manner?”)
• *bunlayu (“like this”)

Descendants

• Common Turkic:
  • Proto-Oghuz: [Term?] (ayla, eyle) (metathesis)
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (ayla, eyle)
        • Azerbaijani: elə
        • Ottoman Turkish: اویله (öyle)
          • Turkish: öyle
          • Gagauz: öyle
    • East Oghuz:
      • Salar: ele
      • Turkmen: eýle
  • Kipchak: [script needed] (alay, alay esä)
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: olay
      • Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (alay)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: [script needed] (anlayu)

• Common Turkic: *bunlayu
  • Proto-Oghuz: [Term?] (buyla, beyle) (metathesis)
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (beyle)
        • Azerbaijani: belə
        • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (beyle, böyle)
          • Turkish: böyle
    • East Oghuz:
      • Salar: bele
      • Turkmen: beýle
  • Kipchak: [script needed] (bulay)
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: bulay
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: [script needed] (bunlayu)

• Common Turkic: *kanlayu
  • Kipchak: [script needed] (kalay, kanlay)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Kazakh: қалай (qalai)
    • East Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: кандай (kanday)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 272