Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-če

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
    *-ča *-če

    Suffix

    *-če

    1. Suffix expressing the equative case.
      *at (horse) + ‎*-če → ‎*atča (like a horse)
    • *-ni (accusative case)
    • *-niŋ (genitive case)
    • *-de (locative case)
    • *-den (ablative case)
    • *-gerü (allative case)

    Descendants

    • Common Turkic:
    • Arghu:
      • Khalaj: -çə
    • Oghuz:
    • Karluk:
      • Uyghur: [script needed] (-che)
      • Uzbek: -cha
    • Kipchak:
      • West Kipchak:
        • Bashkir: -сә (-sə), -сa (-sa)
      • South Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: -чo (-co), -чө (-cö), -чa (-ca), -че (-ce)
        • Southern Altai: -чо (-čo), -чӧ (-čö), -ча (-ča), -че (-če)
    • Siberian:
      • Old Turkic: 𐰲𐰀- (-ča)
      • South Siberian:
        • Sayan Turkic:
          • Tuvan: -че (-çe), -же (-je)