Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-dak

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
*-dak	*-dek

Suffix

*-dak

1. Forms denominal anatomical terms

   ‎*boguŕ (“throat”) + ‎*-dak → ‎*bogurdak (“Adam's apple”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-dak

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-dak/-dek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xli
• Clauson, Gerard (2002) “The Suffixes in Pre-Eighth Century Turkish”, in Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics, 2nd edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, page 91