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Where does “-çe” come from?

-çe (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish -ce, from Proto-Turkic *-če.

-çe (Turkish): like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the...

Definitions

  1. like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the...

Ancestry of “-çe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkish-ce—
2Proto-Turkic*-če—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-če →