Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-galï

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
*-galï	*-geli

Suffix

*-galï

1. Suffix forming verbal adverb denoting the amount of time that has passed since the starting of the verb.

   ‎*olur- (“to sit”) + ‎*-galï → ‎*olurgalï (“Since he/she/it had sit.”)

2. Suffix forming verbal adverb denoting the purpose of a verb.

   ‎*öl- (“to die”) + ‎*-galï → ‎*ölgeli (“mortal”)

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: -alı, -eli
• Kypchak:
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: -қалы (-qaly), -ғалы (-ğaly), -келі (-kelı), -гелі (-gelı)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰏𐰠𐰃 (-geli)

References

• Erdal, Marcel (2004) “-gAlI”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 317