Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tabïĺ-

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

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *taxuli- (“to chase, pursue”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*tabïĺ-

1. (intransitive) to run, flee

Derived terms

• *tabïĺgan (“hare”)

Descendants

• Serbi—Mongolic:
  • → Proto-Mongolic: *taxul-
    • Middle Mongol: [script needed] (taɣuli-)
    • ⇒ Proto-Mongolic: *taxulai (“hare, rabbit”)
  • Para-Mongolic:
    • → Khitan: 匋裏 (tauli, “hare, rabbit”), 𘬦𘰎𘯺 (*? lí a)
• Common Turkic:
  • Karluk:
    • Chagatai: [script needed] (tawuşmaq)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tabɨĺgan”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill