Where does “Braçe” come from?

Braçe (Albanian) comes from Turkish -çe, from Ottoman Turkish -ce, from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.

Ancestry of “Braçe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-çelike, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the...
2Ottoman Turkish-ce
3Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-čeEvery word from Turkish -çeEvery word from Ottoman Turkish -ce