Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-č

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
*-ïč	*-ič

Suffix

*-č

1. Diminutive suffix.

   Synonyms: *-čük, *-čak, *-ak

Derived terms

• *čöm-ič
• *ata-č
• *ana-č

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (-č)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xli