Where does “-cık” come from?

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

-cık (Turkish): diminutive suffix

Definitions

  1. diminutive suffix

Ancestry of “-cık”, step by step

-cık traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجك

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

via Ottoman Turkish جق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishجق—

Words derived from “-cık”

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