Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-k

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
*-uk	*-ük

Suffix

*-k

Used to form intransitive-passive nouns.
‎*uŕa- (“to be taller; to be longer”) + ‎*-k → ‎*uŕak (“far; long (time), late”)

Derived terms

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+Uk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 152
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xliv