Where does “-ucus” come from?

-ucus (Latin) comes from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

-ucus (Latin): used to form the names of certain plants

Definitions

  1. used to form the names of certain plants

Ancestry of “-ucus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
2Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
3Proto-Turkicuč-to fly

Words derived from “-ucus

Every word from Proto-Turkic uč-Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمقEvery word from Azerbaijani uçmaq