Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-či

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

*-čï

Etymology

Somehow related to Manchu -ᠴᡳ (-ci), Mongolian -ч (-č). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Suffix

*-či

Profession suffix.
‎*sub (“water”) + ‎*-či → ‎*subčï (“waterman”)
‎*āb (“hunt”) + ‎*-či → ‎*ābčï (“hunter”)

Related terms

*-čin
*-inči

Descendants

Oghur:
- Bulgar: -جِ‎ (-çı/çi‎)
  - Chuvash: ‎-ҫĕ (‎-śĕ), -ҫă (-śă)
  - → Old Church Slavonic: -чьи (-čĭj), -чии (-čij)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: -çi
  - Ottoman Turkish:
    - Turkish: -ci
Karluk:
- Uyghur: ـچى‎ (-chi)
- Uzbek: -chi
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: -се (-se)
  - Tatar: -че (-çe)
- West Kipchak:
  - Kumyk: -чи (-çi)
- Southern Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: -ші (-şı)
    - Nogai: -ши (-şi)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak
    - Kyrgyz: -чи (-çi)
    - Southern Altai: -чи (-či)
Siberian:
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: -һит (-hit)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tuvan: -чи (-çi), -жи (-ji)
  - Yenisei:
    - Khakas: -ӌі (-cì), -чі (-çì)
    - Shor: -чи
  - Western Yugur: -či