Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/elig

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

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Etymology

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Usually considered to be simplex, however some theories have been thrown around:

  1. Sevortyan compares the dialectal Turkish elmek (hand) and suggets a common root *el-
  2. Tekin ties the word to *ẹĺ- (to dig), stating that the sigmatism didn't occur due to its medial position[1].
  3. Nişanyan suggets a derivation *ạl- (to take) +‎ *-ïg, however note that the word is never attested as being back voweled through history.

The reason behind the disappearence of the final -i in some languages is uncertain but likely due to confusion with the third person singular possessive, compare *tātïg (taste), *bẹńi (brain) for similar cases.

Some linguists also suggests a relation with *ellig (fifty) since a hand has five fingers. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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*elig

  1. (anatomy) hand

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • ? *ellig
  • *elig-e- (to sift)

Descendants

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  • Oghur:
  • Common Turkic: *elig
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz: اَلِكْ (elig)[2]
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Ajem-Turkic:
        • Azerbaijani: əl
        • Qashqai: [script needed] (el)
      • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (el)
        • Gagauz: el
        • Turkish: el
    • Salar: el
    • Turkmen: el
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
    • East Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰠𐰏 (l²g /⁠elig⁠/)
    • North Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Yenisei:
        • Shor: [script needed] (ilik)

References

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  1. ^ Tekin, Talât. “Once More Zetacism and Sigmatism.” Central Asiatic Journal, vol. 23, no. 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, 1979, page 135. [1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 72