Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-ak

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
*-ak	*-ek

Etymology

Nişanyan compares the Iranic diminutive suffix 𐭪 (-ak), whence Persian ـک (-ak).

Suffix

*-ak

1. Forms denominal dimunitive nouns.

   Synonyms: *-čük, *-čak, *-č, *-ik

   ‎*ogul (“child, son”) + ‎*-ak → ‎*oglak (“kid”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-ak

References

• Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 40
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xli
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+Ak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük