Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-ŕ

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	E / I	O / U	Ö / Ü
*-ïŕ	*-iŕ	*-uŕ	*-üŕ

Suffix

*-ŕ

1. Forms plurals.

   ‎*bẹ (“I”) + ‎*-ŕ → ‎*biŕ (“we”)

Etymology 2

Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *-r (“suffix forming deverbal nouns”).

Suffix

*-ŕ

1. Forms deverbal nouns.

   ‎*sö- + ‎*-ŕ → ‎*söŕ (“word, speech”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-ŕ

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+Uz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages xliv and xlv