Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/anlayu
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
From *an- + *-layu, similative case of *ol (“he, she, it, that”). Oghuz langauges exhibit metathesis to *ayla.
Adjective
*anlayu
- (Common Turkic) like that, similar to
Alternative reconstructions
- *alayu
Related terms
- *kanlayu (“how? in what manner?”)
- *bunlayu (“like this”)
Descendants
- Common Turkic:
- Proto-Oghuz: *ayla (metathesis)
- Kipchak: [script needed] (alay, alay esä)
- Siberian:
- Old Turkic: [script needed] (anlayu)
- Proto-Common Turkic: *bunlayu
- Proto-Oghuz: [Term?] (buyla, beyle) (metathesis)
- Karluk:
- Chagatai: بولای (bwlāy /bulay/)
- Uzbek: bulay
- Chagatai: بولای (bwlāy /bulay/)
- Kipchak: [script needed] (bulay)
- Siberian:
- Old Turkic: [script needed] (bunlayu)
- Proto-Common Turkic: *kanlayu
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972), An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 272