Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-man

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
*-man	*-men

Suffix

*-man

1. Suffix creating noun from a verb.

   ‎*or- (“an unattested verb”) + ‎*-man → ‎*orman (“forest”)

   ‎*tegir- (“to spin”) + ‎*-man → ‎*tegirmen (“mill”)

   ‎*tu- (“to close, occlude”) + ‎*-man → ‎*tuman (“fog; smoke”)

   ‎*kēt- (“to indent, notch”) + ‎*-man → ‎*kētmen (“hoe, mattock”)

   ‎*yab- (“an unattested verb”) + ‎*-man → ‎*yaman (“bad wicked”)

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: -men, -man (“only occurs in the words above”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-man