Where does “ال” come from?

ال (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish ال, from Proto-Turkic elig — hand.

ال (Ottoman Turkish): hand

Definitions

  1. hand

Ancestry of “ال”, step by step

ال traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Anatolian Turkish ال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishال—
2Proto-Turkicelighand

via Proto-Turkic ēl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicēlrealm

Words derived from “ال”

Every word from Proto-Turkic elig →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish ال →