Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/eĺ-

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

Verb

*eĺ-

to dig
to tear, rip open
to row, dig water

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: алт (alt)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: eşmək
  - Ottoman Turkish: اشمك
    - Gagauz: eşmää
    - Turkish: eşmek
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: اَشْماكْ (eşmek)^[1]
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Tatar: ишеү (işew)
    - → Chuvash: иш (iš)
- East Kipchak:
  - Southern Altai: эжер (ežer, “to row”)
Siberian:
- Sayan:
  - Tuvan: эжер (ejer)

References

^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 166

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 255-256

[1] -Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 166

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