Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-mek
Proto-Turkic
| preceding vowel | |
|---|---|
| A / Ï / O / U | E / I / Ö / Ü |
| *-mak | *-mek |
Etymology
Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *-meg.
Suffix
*-mek
- Forms deverbal nouns and infinitives of verbs.
- *īl- (“to catch”) + *-mek → *īlmek (“to catch; hook”)
Derived terms
Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-mek
Descendants
- Oghur:
- Common Turkic:
- Arghu:
- Khalaj: -mək
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
- Old Turkic:
- Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰚 (mk) (as in 𐰺𐰢𐰴𐰲𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰤 (armaqçısın))
- North Siberian:
- Yakut: -мэх (-meq), -мах (-maq), -мөх (-möq), -мох (-moq), -бэх (-beq), -бах (-baq), -бөх (-böq), -бох (-boq), -пэх (-peq), -пах (-paq), -пөх (-pöq), -пох (-poq)
- Old Turkic:
References
- ^ Levitskaja, Lija Sergejevna (1976) Istoričeskaja morfologija čuvašskovo jazyka [Historical morphology of Chuvash][1], Moscow, page 160
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page xliv
- Erdal, Marcel (2004) “+mAk”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 279
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+(A)mAk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 114