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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *el (“hand”) +‎ *-ig. Very similar to Proto-Turkic *ellig (“fifty”). First written form Old Turkic 𐰠𐰏‎ (l²g, “elig”).

Compared to Proto-Tungusic *ŋāla (“hand”) by EDAL.

Noun

*elig

hand
Antonym: *adak (“foot”)

Declension

Declension of *elig

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*elig
Accusative	eligni, elignig ¹⁾
Genitive	*eligniŋ
Dative	*eligke
Locative	*eligte
Ablative	*eligten
Instrumental ²⁾	*eligin
Equative ²⁾	*eligče

¹⁾ Found in early Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.

Descendants

Oghur:
- Volga Bulgar: الو‎ (elüw)
  - Chuvash: алӑ (ală)
Common Turkic: *elig

Arghu:
- Khalaj: əl
Oghuz: *el
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: əl
  - Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (el)
    - Gagauz: el
    - Turkish: el
- Qashqai: [Term?] (el)
- Salar: el
- Turkmen: el
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [Term?] (“elig”)
  - Chagatai: [Term?] (“élik”)
    - Uyghur: ilik (dial.)
    - Uzbek: ilik (arch.)
Kipchak:
- East Kipchak
  - Southern Altai: ӧлӱ (ölü, “finger”), элӱ (elü)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰠𐰏‎ (l²g /elig/)
  - Old Uyghur: [script needed] (elig)
    - Western Yugur: [script needed] (ılığ)
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: илии (ilii)
  - Dolgan: илии
- South Siberian:
  - Yenisei:
    - Shor: [script needed] (ilik)

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Clauson, Gerard (1972), “elig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 140-141

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