< Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic

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.[1]

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
  1. Poppe, Nicholas (1974) Grammar of Written Mongolian, Harrassowitz, page 48
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xlv
  • Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎, volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 389
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+mUr”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.