Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-n

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

Alternative forms

• *-in
• *-ïn
• *-un
• *-ün

Etymology 1

Compared to Proto-Tungusic *-n, Proto-Mongolic *-n.

Suffix

*-n

1. Suffix creating noun from a verb.

Related terms

• *yạrï-n (“tomorrow”)
• *kẹl-in (“bride”)
• *oy-un (“game”)
• *bur-un (“nose; before”)
• *or-un (“place”)
• *büt-ün (“all, whole”)
• *üč-ün (“because of, for the sake of”)
• *tüt-ün (“tobacco”)
• *yak-ïn (“near”)
• *tolku-n (“wave”)
• *sāy-ïn (“every”)
• *sā-n (“number”)
• *sïg-un (“kind of deer”) (?)
• *čï̄p-ïn (“fly, mosquito”)

References

Poppe, Nicholas (1974) “-n”, in Grammar of Written Mongolian, Harrassowitz, page 49

Etymology 2

Suffix

*-n

1. (Common Turkic?) Suffix creating instrumental case.

   ‎*yāy (“summer”) + ‎*-n → ‎*yāyïn (“in the summer, during summer”)

Related terms

• Turkish: yazın, ilkin
• Yakut: сайын (sayın)

Alternative forms

• *-an, *-en, *-un, *-ün

Suffix

*-n

1. Ancient plural forming suffix now unproductive.

   ‎*bod (“tribe”) + ‎*-n → ‎*bodun (“people, nation”)

   ‎*ēr (“man”) + ‎*-n → ‎*ēren (“men; plural of man but now used with singular meaning.”)

   ‎*ogul (“son”) + ‎*-n → ‎*oglan (“sons; plural of son but now used with singular meaning in many Turkic languages.”)

Alternative forms

• *-ïn, *-in, *-un, *-ün

Suffix

*-n

1. Intransitive & reflexive verb forming suffix.

   ‎*seb- (“to love”) + ‎*-n → ‎*seb-in-

   ‎*adïr- (“to seperate”) + ‎*-n → ‎*adr-ïn-

   ‎*yub- (“to roll”) + ‎*-n → ‎*yub-un-

   ‎*bas- (“to press”) + ‎*-n → ‎*bas-ïn-

   ‎*ko- (“to put”) + ‎*-n → ‎*kon-

   ‎*boguŕla- (“to slaughter”) + ‎*-n → ‎*boguŕla-n-

   ‎*tap- (“to worship”) + ‎*-n → ‎*tap-ïn-

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-n