Where does “çiçek” come from?

çiçek (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چیچك, from Proto-Turkic čeček — flower.

çiçek (Turkish): flower; blossom; smallpox, variola

Definitions

  1. flower; blossom; smallpox, variola

Ancestry of “çiçek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچیچكflower; blossom; smallpox, variola
2Proto-Turkicčečekflower

Words derived from “çiçek”

Every word from Proto-Turkic čeček →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چیچك →