Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bel-

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 Middle Mongol [script needed] (belge).

Verb

*bel-

1. to denote, designate

Derived terms

• *bel-gü
  • *bel-gü-r-
• *bel-ig
• *bel-ik

Descendants

• →? Middle Mongol: [script needed] (belge)
  • → Turkish: belge
  • → Azerbaijani: bəlgə
• ⇒ Proto-Turkic: *belig

• Oghur:
  • Volga Bulgar: بَلُو (belüv, “monument”)
    • Chuvash: палӑ (pală), паллӑ (pallă)
  • Kuban Bulgar:
    • → Hungarian: bélyeg
  • Danube Bulgar:
    • → Old Church Slavonic: БЕЛЕГ (BELEG), БИЛЕГ (BILEG)
      • Bulgarian: белег (beleg)
      • Macedonian: белег (beleg)
      • Serbo-Croatian: белег
• Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz: *belig, *beliglik, *beliglig
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: bəlli
      • Gagauz: belli
      • Ottoman Turkish: بللی (belli), بللو (bellü)
        • Turkish: bel, bel etmek, bellik, belli
    • Turkmen: bellik, belli

• ⇒ Proto-Oghur: *belik
  • Chuvash: палӑк (palăk)
    • → Eastern Mari: палык (palyk)
• ⇒ Proto-Turkic: *beligle-

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: палла (palla)
• Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: bəlləmək
      • Ottoman Turkish:
        • Turkish: bellemek
    • Turkmen: bellemek
  • Kipchak:
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
        • Kazakh: белдеу (beldeu)

• ⇒ Common Turkic: *belgü

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: bəlgiyyə
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: belgi
  • Turkmen: belgi
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: بَلْكُ (belgü)
    • Uzbek: belgi
    • Uyghur: [script needed] (bälgü)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: билге (bilge)
    • Tatar: билге (bilge)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: belgi
    • Karaim: belgi
    • Kumyk: белги (belgi)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: belgi
      • Kazakh: белгі (belgı)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: белги (belgi)
      • Southern Altai: белги (belgi)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (belgü)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: бэлиэ (belie)

• ⇒ Common Turkic: *belgür-

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: палӑр (palăr)
• Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: bəlirmək
      • Ottoman Turkish:
        • Turkish: belirmek
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: بَلْكُرْماكْ (belgürmek)
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: билгереү (bilgerew)