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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yeŋgül

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Proto-Turkic

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly a deverbal, from *yéŋ(i)-.

Adjective

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*yeŋgül

  1. light (not heavy)
    Antonym: *iagïr

Descendants

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  • Oghur
    • Chuvash: ҫӑмӑл (śămăl, easy)
    • Hungarian: gyenge (weak)
  • Arghu
    • Khalaj: [script needed] (yingil), [script needed] (yiyin)
  • Oghuz
  • Karluk
    • Karakhanid: [script needed] (yüŋül), یَنِك (yenik)
    • East Karluk
      • Chagatai: [script needed] (yéŋil)
      • Uyghur: يەڭگىل (yenggil)
    • West Karluk
  • Kipchak
    • West Kipchak
      • Crimean Tatar: yengil
      • Karachay-Balkar: зенгил (zeñil)
      • Karaim: [script needed] (yenil), [script needed] (yeŋil)
      • Kumyk: енгил (yeñil)
    • Kipchak-Nogai
      • Karakalpak: [script needed] (žeŋil)
      • Kazakh: жеңіл (jeñıl)
    • North Kipchak
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak
  • Siberian

References

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