Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-iĺč

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 forms

*-ïĺč
*-üĺč
*-uĺč

Etymology

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *-ulca (“cooperative suffix”), *-uldu (“reciprocative suffix”)[1], Mongolian -лд (-ld), -лс (-ls); also Eastern Mari [script needed] (-alt/olt, “reciprocative suffix”), Mansi [script needed] (-xat(u), “reciprocative suffix”), Proto-Uralic [Term?].[2]

According to Talât Tekin, a cognate of Proto-Mongolic *-lca: Proto-Turkic *karïĺč- (“to mix together”), Proto-Mongolic *karilca- (“to be related or connected to each other”); Proto-Turkic *koĺïĺč- (“to add together”), Proto-Mongolic *kolilca-.[3] (See Turkish karışmak and Azerbaijani qoşmaq) But EDAL doesn't think that *karïĺč- and *qarilca- are related. It has a different etymology in the database.[4] The verb qolilča- mentioned by Tekin should be Mongolian холилдох (xolildox) (<*kolildu-) because the mentioned word is not found in Mongolic languages.

Suffix

*-iĺč

Suffix creating reciprocal forms of verbs.
‎*seb- (“to love”) + ‎*-iĺč → ‎*sebilč- (“to love each other”)

Derived terms

*yạp-ïĺč- (“to glue, stick to”)

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: -ӑҫ (-ăś)[5], -ĕҫ (-ĕś)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: -ış, -iş, -uş, -üş
  - Ottoman Turkish: ـش‎ (-iş)
    - Turkish: -ış, -iş, -uş, -üş
- Turkmen: -yş, -iş, -uş, -üş
Kipchak:
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: -ыс (-ys), -іс

References

Janhunen, Jua. The Mongolic languages, (2003), page: 11.
Nedjalkov, Vladimir. Reciprocal Constructions in Turkic Languages (Typological Characteristics), Institute of Linguistic Research RAS, St. Petersburg, p. 24-27.
Tekin, Talât, (1969). “Zetacism and Sigmatism in Proto-Turkic”, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, page: 80
Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*kàra”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
J. Benzing, (2005) Journal of Turkish World Studies, vol: 5, issue: 2, page: 303-309, İZMİR

[1] Janhunen, Jua. The Mongolic languages, (2003), page: 11.

[2] Nedjalkov, Vladimir. Reciprocal Constructions in Turkic Languages (Typological Characteristics), Institute of Linguistic Research RAS, St. Petersburg, p. 24-27.

[3] Tekin, Talât, (1969). “Zetacism and Sigmatism in Proto-Turkic”, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, page: 80

[4] Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*kàra”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

[5] J. Benzing, (2005) Journal of Turkish World Studies, vol: 5, issue: 2, page: 303-309, İZMİR