Reconstruction talk:Proto-Turkic/ka-

Qalay
What was the proto-Turkic predecessor of Qalay, meaning how, which occurs in many Turkic languages today? According to the page for the Bashkir, it is indeed from a derivation of the proto-Turkic *ka-. Thus, would it not be logical to include it here as well? For other examples of it, see: Kazakh, Karachay-Balkar , Uzbek and , Kyrgyz , Chagatai  and , Karakalpak , Altai  Uighur , Tuvan , Nogay , Chulym , Sakha , and Siberian Tatar , all of which mean "how." @Ardahan Karabağ Samiollah1357 (talk) 19:51, 20 December 2023 (UTC)


 * I think forms such as qalay, qanay are inherited from PT *kanlayu. *-layu being similarity denoting suffix, equivalent to English -like/-ly. Thus, *kanlayu probably meant "What-like?"
 * Forms such as qandaq, kandıg, qaydaq could be inherited from PT *kandag. *dag, comes from *teg, which means "like, as" Ardahan Karabağ (talk) 13:26, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Is there a reason why *kanlayu is on the page *anlayu, rather than here? Samiollah1357 (talk) 16:44, 28 December 2023 (UTC)