Where does “-cə” come from?

-cə (Azerbaijani) comes from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.

-cə (Azerbaijani): Suffix to form adverbs when added to names of ethnic groups or countries

Definitions

  1. Suffix to form adverbs when added to names of ethnic groups or countries

Ancestry of “-cə”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case

Words derived from “-cə

Every word from Proto-Turkic *-če