Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-lig

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 E / I O / U Ö / Ü
*-lïg *-lig *-lug *-lüg

Suffix

*-lig

  1. A positive adjective suffix.
    ‎*kǖč (“power”) + ‎*-lig → ‎*kǖčlüg (“powerful”)
    Antonym: *-siŕ
  • *-gan (verbal adjective)
  • *-si (suffix equipping headword)
  • *-ür (positive present tense)

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: -лӗ (-lĕ)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Arghu:
    • Khalaj: -lığ, -lig
  • Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar:
      • Kumyk: -ли (-li)
      • Karachay-Balkar:
      • Karaim:
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: -луу (-luu), -лүү (-lüü), -дуу (-duu), -дүү (-düü), -туу (-tuu), -түү (-tüü)
        • Southern Altai: -лу (-lu), -лӱ (-lü), -ду (-du), -дӱ (-dü), -ту (-tu), -тӱ (-tü)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰠𐰏- (l²g-)
    • North Siberian:
      • Dolgan:
      • Yakut: -дү (-dü)
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
        • Tofa:
        • Tuvan:
      • Yenisei:
        • Shor:
        • Khakas:
        • Western Yugur:
  • → Mongolian: -лаг (-lag)
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