Where does “ilgeri” come from?

ilgeri (Karaim) comes from Proto-Turkic *il(i)k, from Proto-Turkic *-gerü — Suffix expressing the allative case.

ilgeri (Karaim): forward

Definitions

  1. forward

Ancestry of “ilgeri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*il(i)k—
2Proto-Turkic*-gerüSuffix expressing the allative case
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gerü →Every word from Proto-Turkic *il(i)k →