Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-sük

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
*-suk	*-sük

Etymology

Clauson suggests a derivation *-si- (“denominal similative verb suffix”) +‎ *-ük.

Suffix

*-sük

1. Forms denominal nouns

   ‎*bagïr (“side flank”) + ‎*-sük → ‎*bagïrsuk (“intestine”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-sük

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-suk/-sük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xli
• Clauson, Gerard (2002) “The Suffixes in Pre-Eighth Century Turkish”, in Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics, 2nd edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, page 91
• Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 157