Where does “бовче” come from?

бовче (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian бовча, from Ottoman Turkish بوغچه, from Ottoman Turkish ـجه, from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.

Ancestry of “бовче”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonianбовчаbundle
2Ottoman Turkishبوغچهbundle, a cloth tied up for carrying things other than cloths, drawstring bag
3Ottoman Turkishـجهlike, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of
4Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-čeEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـجهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish بوغچه
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