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Proto-Turkic
| preceding vowel
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| A / Ï / O / U
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E / I / Ö / Ü
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| *-ïk
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*-ik
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Etymology
Nishanyan and Clauson suggest that it is a doublet of *-ak. Compare with Sogdian -𐼷𐼸 (-yk, “diminutive suffix”).
Suffix
*-ik
- Forms denominal diminutive nouns.
- Synonyms: *-čük, *-čak, *-č, *-ak
- *kāp (“sack, cup”) + *-ik → *kāpïk (“shell”)
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