Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/üle-

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

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *hüle- (“to surplus, to leave”), Proto-Mongolic *hüle-gü (“surplus”), Proto-Tungusic *pule- (“to be left, to surplus”), Khitan 𘮧𘲀𘯟 (*p ul uh, “surplus”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*üle-

1. (transitive) to divide, distribute

   Synonym: *bȫl-

Related terms

• *ülüš (“lot, endowment”)
• *ülüg (“lot, endowment”)

Descendants

• →^? Serbi—Mongolic: *püle-, *pülüg
  • Proto-Mongolic: *hüle-
    • Mongolian: үлэх (ülex)
  • Para-Mongolic: *pulug
    • Khitan: 𘮧𘲀𘯟 (*p ul uh)
• →? Proto-Tungusic: *pule-
• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: валеҫ (valeś)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • ⇒ Azerbaijani: üləşixʼ (“The beginning of the ditch, furrow, etc. separated from the main line; small water separator”) (dialect)
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: üleşmek
  • Turkmen: ülemek, üleşmek
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: اولاماک (ülemek), اولاشماک (üleşmek)
    • Uzbek: ulashmoq
    • Uyghur: ئۈلەشـ (ülesh-)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: өләшеү (öləşew)
    • Tatar: өләшергә (öläşergä)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: üleşmek
    • Kumyk: уьлешмек (üleşmek)
    • Karachay-Balkar: юлеширге (yuleşirge)
    • Karaim: ӱляш- (üleš-)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: u’lesiw
      • Kazakh: үлесу (ülesu)
      • Nogai: уьлесуьв (ülesüv)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: үлөшүү (ülöşüü)
      • Southern Altai: ӱлеер (üleer), ӱлежер (üležer)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (üle-), [script needed] (üleš-)
    • Western Yugur: [script needed] (ülis-)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: үллэр (üller)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan: үлээр (üleer)
    • Yenisei:
      • Shor: ӱлерге (ülerge), [script needed] (üleş-)
      • Khakas: ӱлирге (ülirge), ӱлезерге (ülezerge)

References

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