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

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*-čï *-či

Etymology

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

Suffix

*-či

  1. Profession suffix.
    *sub (water) + ‎*-či → ‎*subčï (waterman)
    *āb (hunt) + ‎*-či → ‎*ābčï (hunter)

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Bulgar: -جِ (-çı/çi)
      • Chuvash: -ҫӗ (-śĕ), -ҫă (-śă)
      • Old Church Slavonic: -чьи (-čĭi), -чии (-čii)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: -çi
      • Ottoman Turkish:
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
    • Southern Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
        • Kazakh: -ші (-şı)
        • Nogai: -ши (-şi)
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak
  • Siberian:
    • North Siberian:
      • Yakut: -ааччы (-aaccı)
    • South Siberian:

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: