Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bel-

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

Verb form of Proto-Turkic *bel. Compare Middle Mongol [script needed] (belge).

Verb

*bel-

1. to denote, designate

Derived terms

• *bel-ig
• *bel-ik
• *bel-gü
  • *bel-gü-r-

Descendants

• →? Middle Mongol: [script needed] (belge)
  • → Turkish: belge
  • → Azerbaijani: bəlgə
• Oghur:
  • ⇒ Proto-Oghur: *belig
    • Volga Bulgar: بَلُو (belüv, “monument”)
      • Chuvash: палӑ (pală), палӑр (palăr)
    • → Hungarian: bélyeg
    • → Old Church Slavonic: БЕЛЕГ (BELEG), БИЛЕГ (BILEG)
      • Bulgarian: белег (beleg)
      • Macedonian: белег (beleg)
      • Serbo-Croatian: белег
  • ⇒ Proto-Oghur: *belik
    • Chuvash: палӑк (palăk)
      • → Eastern Mari: палык (palyk)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj:
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: bəlirmək, bəlgiyyə
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: belirmek, belgi
  • Turkmen: belgi
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: بَلْكُ (belgü), بَلْكُرْماكْ (belgürmek)
    • Uzbek: belgi
    • Uyghur: [script needed] (bälgü)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: билге (bilge), билгереү (bilgerew)
    • Tatar: билге (bilge)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar:
    • Kumyk: белги (belgi)
    • Karachay-Balkar:
    • Karaim:
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: belgi
      • Kazakh: белгі (belgı)
      • Nogai:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: белги (belgi)
      • Southern Altai: белги (belgi)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (belgü)
  • Old Uyghur:
    • Western Yugur:
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: бэлиэ (belie)
    • Dolgan:
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan:
      • Tofa:
    • Yenisei:
      • Shor:
      • Khakas: