Derivatives of Nostratic Root Morpheme Ya - “To Shine, To Glow, To Get Warm” in Turkic Languages

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the morphonologic development of the root morpheme *ya- "to shine, to glow, to get warm”, which is considered one of the ancient word-nest. In Turkic languages it is possible to restore many of the original word roots through method of word-nest. In the study, on the basis of rich factual material, it is proved that the origin of many derivative word roots come from the root morpheme *ya- "to shine, to glow, to get warm". The novelty of the study is that here is manifested a systematic attempt of determining morphological ways of arising new roots from one word-root in the languages of different system.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s1p307