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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