Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bōl-

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

Compare Proto-Mongolic *bol- (“to become”), Khitan 𘮧𘯶 (*p o, “to become, appoint”) and Proto-Uralic *wole- (“to be”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Karakhanid, Bulgar and Turkmen forms point to a short vowel instead.

Verb

*bōl-

(intransitive) to become

Descendants

→? Proto-Mongolic: *bol-
- Khalkha Mongolian: болох (bolox)
Oghur:
- Bulgar: بل (bal)
  - Chuvash: пул (pul)

Arghu:
- Khalaj: ôlmaq
Proto-Oghuz: *bōl-
- West Oghuz:
  - Old Anatolian Turkish: اُولْمَقْ (“olmaq”), بُولْمَقْ (“bolmaq”)
    - Azerbaijani: olmaq
    - Gagauz: olmaa
    - Ottoman Turkish: اولمق (olmak), بولمق (bolmak)
      - Turkish: olmak
      - → Armenian: օլմիշ (ōlmiš)
      (if not < *ol-)
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: bolmak
  - Salar: vol, bo
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: بُلْماقْ (bolmāq)
  - Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (bol-), [script needed] (ol-) (if not < *ol-)
    - Chagatai: [script needed] (bolmaq)
      - Uyghur: بولماق (bolmaq)
      - Uzbek: boʻlmoq
Kipchak:
- Kipchak: بُولْ (bol-)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: bolmaq
  - Kumyk: болмакъ (bolmaq)
  - Karachay-Balkar: болургъа (bolurğa)
  - Karaim: bolmak
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: булыу (bulıw)
  - Tatar: булу (bulu)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: болуу (boluu)
  - Southern Altai: болор (bolor)
- South Kipchak:
  - Kazakh: болу (bolu)
  - Nogai: болув (boluv)
  - Karakalpak: boli'w
Siberian:
- Old Turkic:
  - Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰆𐰞 (b¹ul¹ /⁠bol-⁠/)
    - Old Uyghur: pwlmʾk (bolmak)
- North Siberian:
  - Dolgan: буол (buol)
  - Yakut: буол (buol)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tuvan: болур (bolur)
    - Tofa: болур (bolur)
  - Yenisei:
    - Khakas: поларға (polarğa)
    - Shor: пол (pol-)
    - Western Yugur: pol

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bol-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 331
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bōl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill