Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-ak
Proto-Turkic
editpreceding vowel | |
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A / Ï / O / U | E / I / Ö / Ü |
*-ak | *-ek |
Etymology
editNişanyan compares the Iranic diminutive suffix 𐭪 (-ak), whence Persian ـک (-ak).
Suffix
edit*-ak
- Forms denominal dimunitive nouns.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 40
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xli
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+Ak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük