Where does “pagwiwisik” come from?
pagwiwisik (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog wisik, from Turkish -cık, from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük.
pagwiwisik (Tagalog): sprinkling of water in drops
Definitions
- sprinkling of water in drops
Ancestry of “pagwiwisik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tagalog | wisik | sprinkling of water in drops |
| 2 | Turkish | -cık | diminutive suffix |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ـجك | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *-čük | — |