Комментарии:VEWT 367, EDT 65. In some languages the original form was folk-etymologically reinterpreted as *orta-lɨk 'located in the middle'. The latter form was borrowed in Mong., with regular liquid metathesis, as WMong. olturiɣ, Khalkha oltrig 'small island, archipelago' (whence again Khak. oltɨrɨx, Kum. ottɨraɣ (VEWT) 'island').
