Where does “uşaqlıq” come from?
uşaqlıq (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani uşaq, from Azerbaijani -lı, from Proto-Turkic *-lig.
uşaqlıq (Azerbaijani): childhood; uterus
Ancestry of “uşaqlıq”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Azerbaijani | uşaq | child, kid; guy, fellow, a person one is... |
| 2 | Azerbaijani | -lı | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-lig | — |