Inherited fromProto-Turkic*elig(“hand”). Cognate withChuvashалӑ(ală),Old Uyghur𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽷(elig),Turkishel(“hand”),Uzbekilik,Yakutилии(ilii).
𐰠𐰏 (elig)
- (anatomy)hand
- Tekin, Talât (1968), “älig”, inA Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series;69), Bloomington: Indiana University,→ISBN,page325
- Clauson, Gerard (1972), “elig”, inAn Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press,→ISBN,→OCLC,page140
- Starostin, Sergei;Dybo, Anna;Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*el, -ig”, inEtymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Inherited fromProto-Turkic*ellig(“fifty”). Cognate withChuvashаллă(allă),Old Uyghur𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽷(elig),Khalajəllig,Turkishelli(“fifty”),Uzbekellik,Bashkirилле(ille),Khakasиліг(ilìg).
𐰠𐰏 (ellig)
- fifty
c. 735CE, 𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍:𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤 (Yollïġ Tégin),
Kül Tégin Inscription E8:
- 𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰠𐰏:𐰘𐰃𐰞:𐰃𐰾𐰏:𐰚𐰇𐰲𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰢𐰾
- kür²ms²:l²g:y²il¹:is²g:küčg:b²ir²ms²
- / […] körmiš,elig yïl išig küčüg bérmiš./
- […] and served under them forfifty years.
- Tekin, Talât (1968), “älig”, inA Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series;69), Bloomington: Indiana University,→ISBN,page325
- Clauson, Gerard (1972), “ellig”, inAn Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press,→ISBN,→OCLC,page141
