Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ellig

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

Proto-Turkic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: *ellig     Ordinal: *elliginči     Distributive: *elliger     Collective: *elligegü

Reconstruction notes

In Bulgar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Southern Altai (noninitial -e is assimilated to -ö by labial vowel harmony rules), the final vowel ends in -ü (vowel harmony in the Kazakh letter у (u), however, is unreflected) instead of -i, as other Turkic languages do.

Etymology

First attested as Old Turkic 𐰠𐰏 (l²g /⁠elig⁠/). Perhaps from *elig (“hand”), see there for more.

Numeral

*ellig

1. fifty

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Volga Bulgar: الو (elü), الُّ (ellü)
    • Chuvash: аллă (allă)
• Common Turkic

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: əllig
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: əlli
    • Ottoman Turkish: اللی (elli)
      • Turkish: elli
      • Gagauz: elli
  • Salar: elli
  • Turkmen: elli
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid:
    • Chagatai: اليک (ällik)
      • Uzbek: ellik
      • Uyghur: ئەللىك (ellik)
      • Ili Turki: ellik
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: илле (ille)
    • Tatar: илле (ille)
    • Siberian Tatar: илле
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: elli
    • Kumyk: элли (elli)
    • Karachay-Balkar: элли (elli)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: елиў (eliw)
      • Kazakh: елу (elu)
      • Nogai: элли (élli)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: элүү (elüü)
      • Southern Altai: ӧлӱ (ölü) (Teleut)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰠𐰏 (älig)
  • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽷 (älig)
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei:
      • Shor: элиг (elig)
      • Khakas: иліг (ilìg)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ellig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 140-141