Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/-ulca

This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Mongolic

Alternative reconstructions

*-ilca

Etymology

Compared to Proto-Turkic *-iĺč (“reciprocative suffix”).

Suffix

*-ulca

Suffix creating cooperative.
‎*ab- (“to take”) + ‎*-ulca → ‎*abulca- (“to take together”)

References

Janhunen, Jua. The Mongolic languages, (2003), page: 65.