Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-mir

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
*-mïr	*-mir	*-mur	*-mür

Etymology

Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *-mer.

Suffix

*-mir

1. Forms deverbal nouns

   ‎*ạl- (“to take”) + ‎*-mir → ‎*ạlmïr (“greed, desire, lust”)

   ‎*yag- (“to rain”) + ‎*-mir → ‎*yagmur (“rain”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-mir

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xlv
• Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 389
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+mUr”, in Nişanyan Sözlük