Where does “balalıq” come from?

balalıq (Crimean Tatar) comes from Crimean Tatar -lik, from Proto-Turkic *-lik — noun suffix; -ness.

balalıq (Crimean Tatar): childhood

Definitions

  1. childhood

Ancestry of “balalıq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatar-likness, -hood, -ship, -dom
2Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lik →Every word from Crimean Tatar -lik →