Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-rer

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *-ĺčer
• *-ĺčar
• *-er
• *-ar

Alternative forms

• *-rar
• *-er
• *-ar

Etymology

Certain daughter languages point to a reconstruction *-(ĺč)Ar instead.

Suffix

*-rer

1. Suffix creating distributive form of numbers.

Derived terms

• *bīr-er (“one by one”)
• *ẹk(k)i-rer (“two by two”)
• *üč-er (“three by three”)

Related terms

• *-inči (“suffix creating ordinal numbers”)
• *-egü (“suffix creating collective of numbers”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: -ҫар (-śar), -ҫер (-śer)

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: -şar, -ar, -er, -şer
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: -şar, -ar, -er, -şer