Where does “нилеце” come from?
нилеце (Moksha) comes from Moksha -це, from Azerbaijani -cə, from Proto-Turkic *-če.
нилеце (Moksha): fourth
Ancestry of “нилеце”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Moksha | -це | ordinal suffix; 2nd person singular possessive... |
| 2 | Azerbaijani | -cə | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-če | — |