Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-elim

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
*-alïm *-elim

Suffix

*-elim

  1. (Common Turkic) Suffix forming first-person plural imperative
    ‎*seb- (“to love”) + ‎*-elim → ‎*sebelim (“Let us love!”)

Descendants

  • Proto-Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Ottoman Turkish:
    • Turkmen: -alyň, -eliň
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰠𐰢 (l²m), 𐰞𐰢 (l¹m)
    • Old Uyghur: -𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽹 (-ʾlym)

References

  • Erdal, Marcel (2004) “-(A)lIm”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 235
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