Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-či

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
*-čï	*-či

Etymology

Somehow related to Manchu ᠊ᠴᡳ (-ci), Mongolian -ч (-č). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Suffix

*-či

Profession suffix.
‎*sub (“water”) + ‎*-či → ‎*subčï (“waterman”)

‎*āb (“hunt”) + ‎*-či → ‎*ābčï (“hunter”)

Related terms

Descendants

Oghur:
- Bulgar: -جِ (-çı/çi)
  - Chuvash: -ҫӗ (-śĕ), -ҫă (-śă)
  - → Old Church Slavonic: -чьи (-čĭi), -чии (-čii)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: -çi
  - Ottoman Turkish:
    - Turkish: -ci
Karluk:
- Uyghur: ـچى (-chi)
- Uzbek: -chi
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: -се (-se)
  - Tatar: -че (-çe)
- West Kipchak:
  - Kumyk: -чи (-çi)
- Southern Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: -ші (-şı)
    - Nogai: -ши (-şi)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak
    - Kyrgyz: -чи (-ci)
    - Southern Altai: -чи (-či)
Siberian:
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: -һит (-hit)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tofa: -ші, -чи
    - Tuvan: -чи (-çi), -жи (-ji)
  - Yenisei:
    - Khakas: -ӌі (-cì), -чі (-çì)
    - Shor: -чи
  - Western Yugur: -či

Alternative forms

Etymology

The form *-dAčI is seemingly from *-te +‎ *-či and the form *-mAkčI is seemingly from *-mek +‎ *-či

Suffix

*-či

Suffix creating the future tense.
‎*öl- (“to die”) + ‎*-či → ‎*ölteči (“she/he/it will die.”)

Synonyms: *-sik, *-gey, *-āčak

Antonyms: *-ti, *-miĺ

Descendants

Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Turkmen: -mekçi, -makçy
Kipchak:
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: -мекші (-mekşı), -пекші (-pekşı), -бекші (-bekşı), -мақшы (-maqşy), -пақшы (-paqşy), -бақшы (-baqşy)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: [script needed] (-deči)
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (-deči)