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

  1. Forms denominal nouns denoting plants and animals
  • *ï-gač (“tree; forest”)
  • *koŋuŕtgač (“beetle”)

Descendants

  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-gač
Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ïgač
Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ȫrgüč

References

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