Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-ik

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
*-ïk	*-ik

Etymology

Nishanyan and Clauson suggest that it is a doublet of *-ak. Compare with Sogdian -𐼷𐼸 (-yk, “diminutive suffix”).

Suffix

*-ik

1. Forms denominal diminutive nouns.

   Synonyms: *-čük, *-čak, *-č, *-ak

   ‎*kāp (“sack, cup”) + ‎*-ik → ‎*kāpïk (“shell”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-ik

References

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