Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/töle-

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 1

Cognate with Proto-Mongolic *döligen. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*töle-

1. (intransitive, Oghuz Turkic) to rest

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: دولنمك (dölenmek), [script needed] (göñli dölenmek)
    • Ottoman Turkish: دولنمك (dölenmek), [script needed] (dölendirmek)
      • Turkish: dölenmek, döletmek, döleşmek, dölendirmek (dialect)
    • →⇒ Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (köngül dölenmegi, “tranquility of heart”)
• ⇒ Proto-Turkic: *tölek

• Oghuz: تُلَكْ (“tölek”)
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: دولك
      • Turkish: dölek
  • → Chagatai: [script needed] (tölek)
  • → Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (tölek)
  • →? Chuvash: тӳлек (tülek)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 498
• Günay, Nesrin, “Türk dilinde eş anlamlılık ve “Gönül, yürek, kalp” kelimeleri”, in Türkbilig (2015), vol: 29, page: 121-146.[1]

Etymology 2

Verb

*töle-

1. to pay

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 492

Etymology 3

From Proto-Turkic *töl, related to Turkmen döl.

Verb

*töle-

1. (Oghuz Turkic) to lamb

Descendants

• Oghuz: تُلاماكْ
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • ⇒ Azerbaijani: döllək (dialect)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 492