Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/eĺ-

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

Verb

*eĺ-

1. to dig
2. to tear, rip open
3. to row, dig water

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: алт (alt)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: eşmək
    • Ottoman Turkish: اشمك
      • Gagauz: eşmää
      • Turkish: eşmek
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: اَشْماكْ (eşmek)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Tatar: ишеү (işew)
      • → Chuvash: иш (iš)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Southern Altai: эжер (ežer, “to row”)
• Siberian:
  • Sayan:
    • Tuvan: эжер (ejer)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 255-256