Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-galï

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

preceding vowel
A / Ï / O / U E / I / Ö / Ü
*-galï *-geli

Suffix

*-galï

  1. Suffix forming verbal adverb denoting the amount of time that has passed since the starting of the verb.
    ‎*olur- (“to sit”) + ‎*-galï → ‎*olurgalï (“Since he/she/it had sit.”)
  2. Suffix forming verbal adverb denoting the purpose of a verb.
    ‎*öl- (“to die”) + ‎*-galï → ‎*ölgeli (“mortal”)

Descendants

  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Ottoman Turkish:
        • Turkish: -alı, -eli
  • Kypchak:
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Southern Altai: -калы (-kalï), -галы (-galï), -кели (-keli), -гели (-geli), -колы (-kolï), -голы- (-golï-), -кӧли (-köli), -гӧли (-göli)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰏𐰠𐰃 (-geli)

References

  • Erdal, Marcel (2004) “-gAlI”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 317
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