< Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic
Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-man
Proto-Turkic
Alternative forms
- *-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”)
- Ottoman Turkish:
- West Oghuz:
Derived terms
Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-man