Where does “pagwiwisik” come from?

pagwiwisik (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog wisik, from Turkish -cık, from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük — Forms denominal dimunitive nouns.

pagwiwisik (Tagalog): sprinkling of water in drops

Definitions

  1. sprinkling of water in drops

Ancestry of “pagwiwisik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogwisiksprinkling of water in drops
2Turkish-cıkdiminutive suffix
3Ottoman TurkishـجكDiminutive suffix after front vowels
4Proto-Turkic*-čükForms denominal dimunitive nouns
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-čük →Every word from Turkish -cık →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجك →