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Where does “wisik” come from?

wisik (Tagalog) comes from Turkish -cık, from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük.

wisik (Tagalog): sprinkling of water in drops

Definitions

  1. sprinkling of water in drops

Ancestry of “wisik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-cıkdiminutive suffix
2Ottoman Turkishـجك—
3Proto-Turkic*-čük—

Words derived from “wisik”

  • pagwiwisik
  • magwisik
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