Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-man

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
*-man	*-men

Suffix

*-man

Suffix creating noun from a verb.
‎*or- (“an unattested verb”) + ‎*-man → ‎*orman (“forest”)

‎*tegir- (“to spin”) + ‎*-man → ‎*tegirmen (“mill”)

‎*tu- (“to close, occlude”) + ‎*-man → ‎*tuman (“fog; smoke”)

‎*kēt- (“to indent, notch”) + ‎*-man → ‎*kētmen (“hoe, mattock”)

‎*yab- (“an unattested verb”) + ‎*-man → ‎*yaman (“bad wicked”)

Descendants

Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Ottoman Turkish:
    - Turkish: -men, -man (“only occurs in the words above”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-man

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