Where does “baamsızlık” come from?
baamsızlık (Gagauz) comes from Turkish bağımsızlık, from Turkish -lık, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik — noun suffix; -ness.
baamsızlık (Gagauz): independence
Definitions
- independence
Ancestry of “baamsızlık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | bağımsızlık | independence |
| 2 | Turkish | -lık | -ness; -hood; -ship |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ـلق | -ness |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *-lik | noun suffix; -ness |