Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-gek

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
*-gak	*-gek

Suffix

*-gek

1. Forms deverbal nouns.

   ‎*bïč- (“to mow”) + ‎*-gek → ‎*bïčgak (“knife”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-gek

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: -ak, -ek, -k
• Kipchak
  • East Kipchak
    • Southern Altai: -ак (-ak), -ек (-yek), -ок (-ok), -ӧк (-ök), -к (-k)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xliv
• Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 391
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+(g)Ak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük