Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-ik
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Proto-Turkic[edit]
preceding vowel | |
---|---|
A / Ï / O / U | E / I / Ö / Ü |
*-ïk | *-ik |
Etymology[edit]
Nishanyan and Clauson suggest that it is a doublet of *-ak. Compare with Sogdian -𐼷𐼸 (-yk, “diminutive suffix”).
Suffix[edit]
*-ik
- Forms denominal diminutive nouns.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+Ik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xli