Where does “-uc” come from?
-uc (Catalan) comes from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.
Ancestry of “-uc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 2 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | — |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |