Where does “caillik” come from?

caillik (Crimean Tatar) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-, from Proto-Indo-European l(o)yk-o-.

caillik (Crimean Tatar): ignorance

Definitions

  1. ignorance

Ancestry of “caillik”, step by step

caillik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclik-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanl(o)yk-o-—

via Crimean Tatar cail

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarcail—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European l(o)yk-o- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lik- →