Where does “Çağatayca” come from?
Çağatayca (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چغتایجه, from Ottoman Turkish ـجه, from Proto-Turkic *-če.
Ancestry of “Çağatayca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | چغتایجه | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـجه | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-če | — |