Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/-m

This Proto-Mongolic 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-Mongolic

Etymology

Comparable to Proto-Turkic *-m (“suffix forming deverbal nouns”).

Suffix

*-m

1. Forms deverbal nouns.

   ‎*toku- (“to saddle”) + ‎*-m → ‎*tokum (“saddle-pad”)

Derived terms

Proto-Mongolic terms suffixed with *-m

References

• Poppe, Nicholas (1974) “-m”, in Grammar of Written Mongolian, Harrassowitz, page 47