Where does “-шек” come from?

-шек (Russian) comes from Turkish -cak, from Albanian -ak.

Ancestry of “-шек”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-cakdiminutive suffix
2Albanian-ak—

Words derived from “-шек”

Every word from Albanian -ak →Every word from Turkish -cak →
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