Where does “üçüncülük” come from?
üçüncülük (Turkish) comes from Turkish -lük, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik.
üçüncülük (Turkish): the state of being third
Ancestry of “üçüncülük”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | -lük | -ness; -hood; -ship |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـلق | -ness |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-lik | — |