Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-či

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
*-čï	*-či

Etymology

Somehow related to Manchu ᠊ᠴᡳ (-ci), Mongolian -ч (-č). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Suffix

*-či

1. Profession suffix.

   ‎*sub (“water”) + ‎*-či → ‎*subčï (“waterman”)

   ‎*āb (“hunt”) + ‎*-či → ‎*ābčï (“hunter”)

Related terms

• *-čin
• *-inči
• *-gučï

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Bulgar: -جِ (-çı/çi)
    • Chuvash: -ҫĕ (-śĕ), -ҫă (-śă)
    • → Old Church Slavonic: -чьи (-čĭi), -чии (-čii)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: -çi
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: -ci
• Karluk:
  • Uyghur: ـچى (-chi)
  • Uzbek: -chi
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: -се (-se)
    • Tatar: -че (-çe)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Kumyk: -чи (-çi)
  • Southern Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: -ші (-şı)
      • Nogai: -ши (-şi)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak
      • Kyrgyz: -чи (-ci)
      • Southern Altai: -чи (-či)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: -һит (-hit)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tofa: -ші, -чи
      • Tuvan: -чи (-çi), -жи (-ji)
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: -ӌі (-cì), -чі (-çì)
      • Shor: -чи
    • Western Yugur: -či

Alternative forms

• *-čï
• *-deči
• *-dačï
• *-mekči
• *-makčï

Etymology

The form *-dAčI is seemingly from *-te +‎ *-či and the form *-mAkčI is seemingly from *-mek +‎ *-či

Suffix

*-či

1. Suffix creating the future tense.

   ‎*öl- (“to die”) + ‎*-či → ‎*ölteči (“she/he/it will die.”)

   Synonyms: *-sik, *-gey, *-āčak

   Antonyms: *-ti, *-miĺ

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Turkmen: -mekçi, -makçy
• Kipchak:
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: -мекші (-mekşı), -пекші (-pekşı), -бекші (-bekşı), -мақшы (-maqşy), -пақшы (-paqşy), -бақшы (-baqşy)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (-deči)
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (-deči)