Where does “اولجه” come from?

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

اولجه (Ottoman Turkish): a little before

Definitions

  1. a little before

Ancestry of “اولجه”, step by step

اولجه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجهlike, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of
2Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case

via Ottoman Turkish اول

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاولhe, she, it
2Arabicأَوَّلfirst
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-če →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجه →