Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/īl-

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

Verb

*īl-

1. (transitive) to catch, hold (using hand, hook, noose etc.)
2. (transitive) to hang (something from something else)

Derived terms

• *īl-mek (“hook”)
• *īl-in- (“to be caught”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • ⇒ Chuvash: йӑлӑ (jălă), йӑлмак (jălmak)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • ⇒ Azerbaijani: ilmək (noun)
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: ilmek
        • ⇒ Turkish: ilmek (noun)
  • Salar: il
  • Turkmen: īlmek
• Kipchak
  • East Kipchak
    • Kyrgyz: илүү (ilüü)
    • Southern Altai: илер (iler)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: иил (iil)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ilin-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 148