Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-čük

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

preceding vowel
A / Ï / O / U	E / I / Ö / Ü
*-čuk	*-čük

Suffix

*-čük

1. Forms denominal dimunitive nouns.

   Synonyms: *-čak, *-č, *-ak, *-ik

   ‎*bāka (“frog”) + ‎*-čük → ‎*bākačuk (“muscle”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: -ҫĕ (-śĕ)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (-čik)
    • Ottoman Turkish: ـجك (-cik), ـجق (-cık)
      • Turkish: -çık, -çik, -çuk, -çük, -cık, -cik, -cuk, -cük

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-čük

References

• Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[2], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 44
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xli
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+çUk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük