Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tāla-

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 1

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *tala- (“to rob”), Manchu ᡨᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (talambi, “to confiscate; to lay out”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*tāla-

1. (transitive) to rob, plunder
2. (transitive) to harm, slander

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: тула (tula, “to harm, slander”)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: talamaq
    • Ottoman Turkish: طالامق (talamak)
      • Turkish: talamak (dialectal)
  • Turkmen: tālamak
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (tala-)
    • Uzbek: talamoq
    • Uyghur: تالاـ (tala-)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: талау (talaw)
    • Tatar: [script needed] (tala-)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Kumyk: таламакъ (talamaq)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (tala-)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: [script needed] (tala-)
      • Kazakh: талау (talau)
      • Nogai: [script needed] (tala-)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: талоо (taloo)
      • Southern Altai: талаар (talaar)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (tala-)
      • Western Yugur: [script needed] (tala-)
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: [script needed] (tala-)

Etymology 2

Also reconstructed as *dāla- because there is a semantic distinction in Oghuz languages according to the beginning of the word.

Compared to Proto-Tungusic *dala- (“to lap, swill”), also Proto-Mongolic *dōlu-ğa (“to lick”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*tāla-

1. to bite

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: тула (tula)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: dalamaq
    • Ottoman Turkish: طالامق (talamak, dalamak)
      • Turkish: dalamak
      • Gagauz: dalamaa
  • Turkmen: dālamak
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: талау (talaw)
    • Tatar: [script needed] (tala-)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: talamaq
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: талау (talau)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Southern Altai: талаар (talaar, “to abuse”)