Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/

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 E / I O / U Ö / Ü
*-ïŋ *-iŋ *-uŋ *-üŋ

Etymology

Nişanyan suggests a crasis from an earlier form *-nig from *-n- +‎ *-ig. Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *-ŋ (suffix forming deverbal nouns).[1]

Suffix

*-ŋ

  1. Forms deverbal nouns.
    *yal- (to strip) + ‎*-ŋ → ‎*yalïŋ (naked)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-ŋ

References

  1. ^ Poppe, Nicholas (1974) Grammar of Written Mongolian, Harrassowitz, page 49