Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/anlayu

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *alayu

Etymology

From *an- +‎ *-layu, similative case of *ol (he, she, it, that). Oghuz langauges exhibit metathesis to *ayla.

Adjective

*anlayu

  1. (Common Turkic) like that, similar to
  • *kanlayu (how? in what manner?)
  • *bunlayu (like this)

Descendants

  • Common Turkic:
    • Proto-Oghuz: *ayla (metathesis)
    • Kipchak: [script needed] (alay, alay esä)
      • West Kipchak:
        • Crimean Tatar: olay
        • Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (alay)
      • South Kipchak:
        • Caspian:
          • Kazakh: олай (olai)
        • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Siberian:
      • Old Turkic: [script needed] (anlayu)
  • Proto-Common Turkic: *bunlayu
    • Proto-Oghuz: [Term?] (buyla, beyle) (metathesis)
    • Kipchak: [script needed] (bulay)
      • West Kipchak:
      • South Kipchak:
        • Caspian:
          • Kazakh: бұлай (būlai)
        • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Siberian:
      • Old Turkic: [script needed] (bunlayu)
  • Proto-Common Turkic: *kanlayu

References