Where does “تتك” come from?

تتك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Hungarian tetik, from Hungarian -tet — Added to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of...

تتك (Ottoman Turkish): quick, sharp, vigilant

Definitions

  1. quick, sharp, vigilant

Ancestry of “تتك”, step by step

تتك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tetik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantetikto appear, look
2Hungarian-tetAdded to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of...

via Proto-Turkic *tet-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*tet-
Every word from Hungarian -tetEvery word from Hungarian tetik