Where does “neçə” come from?

neçə (Azerbaijani) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish نچه, from Proto-Turkic nēče, from Proto-Turkic nē- — what; interrogative archetype.

neçə (Azerbaijani): how many

Definitions

  1. how many

Ancestry of “neçə”, step by step

neçə traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Anatolian Turkish نچه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishنچهhow, how many
2Proto-Turkicnēčehow many
3Proto-Turkicnē-what; interrogative archetype

via Old Anatolian Turkish نیجه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishنیجه—

Words derived from “neçə”

Every word from Proto-Turkic nē- →Every word from Proto-Turkic nēče →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish نچه →
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