Where does “وحشیلك” come from?

وحشیلك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian وحشی, from Arabic وَحْشِيّ — wild, uncivilised, cruel.

وحشیلك (Ottoman Turkish): savagery, ferocity, wildness, fierceness, barbarity, a savage, wild, or ferocious behaviour

Definitions

  1. savagery, ferocity, wildness, fierceness, barbarity, a savage, wild, or ferocious behaviour

Ancestry of “وحشیلك”, step by step

وحشیلك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian وحشی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianوحشیwild; feral; savage
2Arabicوَحْشِيّwild, uncivilised, cruel

via Ottoman Turkish ـلك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلكness
2Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Arabic وَحْشِيّ →Every word from Persian وحشی →