Proto-Turkic: *Alk-
Meaning: to finish; destroy; (refl.) perish, be exhausted, come to an end
Russian meaning: заканчивать, выполнять; уничтожать
Old Turkic: alq- (Orkh., OUygh.), alq-ɨn- (refl.) (OUygh.)
Turkish: alk- (dial.); alk-ɨš- (Old Osm.) 'to destroy (many)'
Kirghiz: alq-ɨn- 'to weaken' (Р I 390), 'to rage' (Юд. 51) (?)
Kazakh: alq-ɨn- 'to get short of breath, chafe' (?)
Karakalpak: alq-ɨn- 'to get short of breath'
Comments: EDT 135, 137, 138-139; VEWT 17. Reflexes in modern languages are not quite secure. The reflexive form alkɨn- 'weaken' (but note the difference in meanings in R and in modern dictionaries) may be derived both from *alk- and from *alɨk- 'to deteriorate, disintegrate' (EDT 138), which belongs rather to *Al 'silly, weak', alɨɣ 'bad, weak, wicked' (in any case, cannot be morphologically identified with *alk-), thus modern languages may exhibit a contamination.
