Where does “gözcük” come from?

gözcük (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish -cük, from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük — Forms denominal dimunitive nouns.

gözcük (Azerbaijani): reproductive bud on a vegetable

Definitions

  1. reproductive bud on a vegetable

Ancestry of “gözcük”, step by step

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