Clauson (1972)
An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
p. 715
kel- (g-)
‘to come’, sometimes with the implication of ‘to come back’. S.i.a.m.l.g.; SW Az. kel-; Osm., Tkm. gel-. Türkü viii kel- ‘to come’, very common in I, II, T, etc.: viii ff. ditto in IrkB: Man. [gap] tarxan kelginçe ‘until . . . Tarxan comes’ TT II 6, 19; a.o.o.: Uyğ. viii kel- is common in Şu.: viii ff. Man.-A terkleyü keltiler ‘came quickly’ M I 13, 18; a.o. 15, 7: Man. [gap] kılu keltipiz ‘you have come to make . . .’ TT III 106; utru keltiler ‘came to meet’ IX 86; a.o.o.: Bud. kel- ‘to come’ is very common: Civ. ditto: Xak. xi er evke: keldi: ‘the man came (atā) to the house’ (etc.) Kaş. II 25 (keli:r, kelme:k; prov.); very many o.o.: KB tapuğka kelip ‘coming to take service’ 100; idi keçki söz ol matalda kelir ‘a very old saying comes in the proverb’ 110; many o.o. 259, 273, etc.: xiii(?) At. kel- is common; Tef. ditto 170: xiv Muh. cā’a ‘to come’ gel- Mel. 24, 15; Rif. 107; many o.o. more often spelt gel- than kel-: Çağ. xv ff. kel- (-gen, etc.) gel- Vel. 358-9; kel- āmadan ‘to come’ San. 315v. 8 (quotns.): Xwar. xiii kel- ‘to come’ ‘Ali 25: xiii(?) ditto Oğ. 11, etc., usually spelt kel-; xiv kel-/gel- Qutb 93-6; kel- MN 47, etc.; Nahc. 314, 15 etc. (common): Kom. xiv ‘to come’ kel- CCI, CCG; Gr. 136 (quotns.): Kıp. xiii cā’a kel- Hou. 51, 11; a.o.o.; ‘next’ (year, month) kelge:n do. 28, 8; ‘next but one’ (year, etc.) kelde:çi: do. 28, 8: xiv kel- cā’a; keldeçi yıl ‘the coming year’ İd. 83; ditto gelen yıl Bul. 13, 12 (so spelt): xv cā’a kel- Kav. 9, 21 a.o.o.; Tuh. 12a. 4 a.o.o.