Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ellig

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

**Proto-Turkic numbers ^(edit)**
← 40	50	60 →
	5
Cardinal: ellig Ordinal: elliginč Distributive: elliger Collective: elligegü

Reconstruction notes

In Bulgar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Southern Altai (noninitial -e is assimilated to -ö by labial vowel harmony rules), the final vowel ends in -ü (vowel harmony in the Kazakh letter у (u), however, is unreflected) instead of -i, as other Turkic languages do.

Etymology

Perhaps from *elig (“hand”), see there for more.

Numeral

*ellig

fifty

Descendants

Oghur:
- Volga Bulgar: الو (elü), الُّ (ellü)
  - Chuvash: аллă (allă)
Common Turkic

Arghu:
- Khalaj: əllig
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: əlli
  - Ottoman Turkish: اللی (elli)
    - Turkish: elli
    - Gagauz: elli
- Salar: elli
- Turkmen: elli
Karluk:
- Karakhanid:
  - Chagatai: اليک (ällik)
    - Uzbek: ellik
    - Uyghur: ئەللىك (ellik)
    - Ili Turki: ellik
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: илле (ille)
  - Tatar: илле (ille)
  - Siberian Tatar: илле
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: elli
  - Kumyk: элли (elli)
  - Karachay-Balkar: элли (elli)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: елиў (eliw)
    - Kazakh: елу (elu)
    - Nogai: элли (élli)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: элүү (elüü)
    - Southern Altai: ӧлӱ (ölü) (Teleut)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰠𐰏 (älig)
- Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽷 (älig)
- South Siberian:
  - Yenisei:
    - Shor: элиг (elig)
    - Khakas: иліг (ilìg)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ellig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 140-141