Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kel-

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

Root

*kel-

unattested

Derived terms

*keler (“lizard”) ( <from earlier palatalization)
- Oghuz:
  - West Oghuz:
    - Turkish: keler
- Karluk:
  - Uyghur: [script needed] (kilär)
*keleŕ (“lizard”)
- Oghuz:
  - West Oghuz:
    - Azerbaijani: kələz
    - Turkish: kelez
- Kipchak:
  - Mamluk-Kipchak: كلاز‎ (käläz)
  - Kazakh: келес (keles)
- Karluk:
  - Chagatai: كلاس‎ (keles)
- *keleŕge
  - Kipchak:
    - Southern Altai: келески (keleski)
  - Siberian:
    - Khakas: килеске (kileske)
    - Tuvan: хелеске (xeleske)
    - Shor: келескен (kelesken)
*kelte (“lizard”)
- Oghur:
  - Chuvash: калта (kalt̬a)
- Oghuz:
  - ⇒ Turkish: kelte-keler (dial.)
- Karluk:
  - ⇒ Uzbek: kaltakesak

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*keler / *keleŕ / *kelte”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006) Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 180-181
Levitskaja, L. S.; Dybo, A. V.; Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages]‎ (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, page 30-32, 34

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