Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-gač

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
*-gač	*-geč

Etymology

While some have taken this suffix to be a diminutive, however Erdal disputes this saying the derived words do not have diminutive content.

Suffix

*-gač

Forms denominal nouns denoting plants and animals

Related terms

*ï-gač (“tree; forest”)
*koŋuŕtgač (“beetle”)

Descendants

Common Turkic:
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Ottoman Turkish:
    - Turkish: -aç, -eç

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-gač

References

Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 84-85