Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kele-

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

The verb is rather poorly attested within Turkic making it uncertain whether some of the descendants borrowed from Mongolic. The morphology of *kelečü is obscure as there is no deverbal *-čü suffix, compare however *-nčü.[1]

Verb

*kele-

  1. (transitive) to speak
    Synonyms: *āy-, *āyït-, *söŕle-, *tē-
  2. (transitive) to ask
    Synonyms: *āyït-, *sōr-

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ? *kelečü
  • *kele-ĺč-

Descendants

  • Proto-Oghuz: كَلاجُو (kelēçü:)
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Ottoman Turkish: كلجى
    • Salar: kelegüsi
  • Karluk:
    • Uyghur: [script needed] (kele-)
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
      • Tatar: кэлеу (kelew)
      • Chuvash: кӗле (kĕle)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: келече (kelece), келеч (kelec)
  • Siberian:
    • Khakas: [script needed] (kǝle-)
  • ? Proto-Mongolic: *kele-n (tongue)[2][3]
    • Proto-Mongolic: *kele-le- (to talk)[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Erdal, Marcel (1991), Old Turkic Word Formation[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[2], Utrecht: LOT, pages 409-410
  3. 3.0 3.1 Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2016), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 115