Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-le

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
*-la	*-le

Etymology

Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *-le and Proto-Tungusic *-le.

Suffix

*-le

1. Forms denominal verbs.

   ‎*āb (“hunt”) + ‎*-le → ‎*ābla- (“to hunt”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-le

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xlv
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+lA-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Poppe, Nicholas (1974) Grammar of Written Mongolian, Harrassowitz, page 65