Where does “çoktan” come from?
çoktan (Turkish) comes from Turkish çok, from Ottoman Turkish چوق, from Old Anatolian Turkish چُوقْ, from Proto-Turkic čok.
çoktan (Turkish): a long time ago; already; for a long time
Definitions
- a long time ago; already; for a long time
Ancestry of “çoktan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | çok | much, many, plenty, a lot; very, too |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | چوق | — |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | چُوقْ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | čok | — |