Where does “çoğunluk” come from?

çoğunluk (Turkish) comes from Turkish çok, from Ottoman Turkish چوق, from Old Anatolian Turkish چُوقْ, from Proto-Turkic čok — vile, hooligan.

çoğunluk (Turkish): majority

Definitions

  1. majority

Ancestry of “çoğunluk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçokmuch, many, plenty, a lot; very, too
2Ottoman Turkishچوقmuch, many, a lot
3Old Anatolian Turkishچُوقْ—
4Proto-Turkicčokvile, hooligan
Every word from Proto-Turkic čok →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish چُوقْ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چوق →