Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-iĺ

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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

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preceding vowel
A / Ï E / I O / U Ö / Ü
*-ïĺ *-iĺ *-uĺ *-üĺ

Etymology

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Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *-l (suffix forming nouns designating abstract ideas from verbs).[1]

Suffix

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*-iĺ

  1. Forms deverbal nouns.
    *ȫk- (to heap up) + ‎*-iĺ → ‎*ȫküĺ (many)

Usage notes

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  1. Unlike in Middle Turkic and onwards, the suffix originally had a dominant vowel.
    *karga- (to curse) + ‎*-iĺ → ‎*kargïš (curse)
  2. In Common Turkic, upon being affixed into a verb ending in *-š, crasis from *-šVš to *-š occured.
    *kōš- (to couple) + ‎*-iĺ → ‎*kōš (couple)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Poppe, Nicholas (1974) “-l”, in Grammar of Written Mongolian, Harrassowitz, page 47