Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-niŋ

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

Suffix

*-niŋ

1. Forms the genitive case of a noun.

   ‎*eb (“house”) + ‎*-niŋ → ‎*ebiŋ (“house's”)

Derived terms

• *bẹ-niŋ

Related terms

• *-im (“suffix equiping headword for first-person singular”)
• *-iŋ (“suffix equiping headword for second-person singular”)
• *-si (“suffix equiping headword for third-person”)
• *-imiŕ (“suffix equiping headword for first-person plural”)
• *-iŋiŕ (“suffix equiping headword for second-person plural”)
• *-ki (“suffix used to form a an adjectival or nominal that that indicates the possessor”)
• *-ni (“accusative case”)
• *-ka (“dative case”)
• *-de (“locative case”)
• *-den (“ablative case”)
• *-gerü (“allative case”)
• *-če (“equative case”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Volga Bulgar: -ن (-n), -ن (-ïn)
    • Chuvash: -ӑн (-ăn), -н (-n), -нӑн (-năn), -йĕн (-jĕn)
• Common Turkic:

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