Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-dem

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
*-dam	*-dem

Suffix

*-dem

1. Forms denominal adjectives.

   ‎*teŋri (“1. sky, heaven 2. deity, god”) + ‎*-dem → ‎*teŋridem (“holy”)

   Synonyms: *-gey, *-sig

Derived terms

Category Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-dem not found

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xlii
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+dAm”, in Nişanyan Sözlük