Where does “21-це” come from?

21-це (Moksha) comes from Moksha -це, from Azerbaijani -cə, from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.

21-це (Moksha): 21st, twenty-first

Definitions

  1. 21st, twenty-first

Ancestry of “21-це”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Moksha-цеordinal suffix; 2nd person singular possessive...
2Azerbaijani-cəSuffix to form adverbs when added to names of ethnic groups or countries
3Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case
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