Where does “cikërr” come from?

cikërr (Albanian) comes from Turkish -cık, from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük — Forms denominal dimunitive nouns.

cikërr (Albanian): tiny thing

Definitions

  1. tiny thing

Ancestry of “cikërr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-cıkdiminutive suffix
2Ottoman TurkishـجكDiminutive suffix after front vowels
3Proto-Turkic*-čükForms denominal dimunitive nouns
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-čük →Every word from Turkish -cık →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجك →