Where does “-ak” come from?

-ak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـاق, from Proto-Turkic *-gek — Forms deverbal nouns.

Ancestry of “-ak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـاقNoun and adjective diminutive suffix
2Proto-Turkic*-gekForms deverbal nouns

Words derived from “-ak”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gek →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـاق →