Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-gey

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
*-gay	*-gey

Suffix

*-gey

Suffix creating optative mood or predictive future.
‎*öl- (“to die”) + ‎*-gey → ‎*ölgey (“(I hope, I predict) she/he/it dies/will die.”)

Synonyms: *-či, *-sik, *-āčak

Antonyms: *-ti, *-miĺ

Descendants

Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: -a, -ə, -ya, -yə
  - Ottoman Turkish:
    - Turkish: -a, -e, -ya, -ye

Suffix

*-gey

Suffix creating an adjective similar to the noun.
‎*ög (“1. mind 2. mother”) + ‎*-gey → ‎*ögey (“step-”)

Synonyms: *-dem, *-sig

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-gey

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