Where does “mamaça” come from?

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

mamaça (Azerbaijani): (lay) midwife

Definitions

  1. (lay) midwife

Ancestry of “mamaça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijani-cəSuffix to form adverbs when added to names of ethnic groups or countries
2Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-če →Every word from Azerbaijani -cə →
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