Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tabïĺ-

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

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *taxuli- (“to chase, pursue”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*tabïĺ-

(intransitive) to run, flee

Derived terms

*tabïĺgan (“hare”)

Descendants

Serbi—Mongolic:
- → Proto-Mongolic: *taxul-
  - Middle Mongol: [script needed] (taɣuli-)
  - ⇒ Proto-Mongolic: *taxulai (“hare, rabbit”)
- Para-Mongolic:
  - → Khitan: 匋裏 (tauli, “hare, rabbit”), 𘬦𘰎𘯺 (*? lí a)
Common Turkic:
- Karluk:
  - Chagatai: [script needed] (tawuşmaq)

References

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