Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ök

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

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Alternative forms

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Postposition

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*ök

  1. (Common Turkic) emphatic particle.
    *ben (I) + ‎*ök → ‎*ben ök (I, personally...)

Usage notes

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  1. Much like *-mi, it adheres to the vowel harmony of the word that comes before it.
    *anča (I) + ‎*ök → ‎*anča ok (he/she/it personally...)
  2. In certain instances, if the word ends with a vowel, it may drop *O- turning it into a suffix *-k
    *anča (I) + ‎*ök → ‎*ančak (he/she/it personally...)
  3. While the particle may not directly exist in the daughter languages except Old Turkic, it lives in a suffix form *-ek (first person plural verbal suffix) and in fossilized forms such as Turkish ancak (but, except, however).[1]

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Common Turkic:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: [script needed] (ok)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ok)

References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-06-11) “ancak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76