Where does “-cük” come from?

-cük (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük — Forms denominal dimunitive nouns.

-cük (Turkish): diminutive suffix

Definitions

  1. diminutive suffix

Ancestry of “-cük”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـجكDiminutive suffix after front vowels
2Proto-Turkic*-čükForms denominal dimunitive nouns

Words derived from “-cük”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *-čük →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجك →