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Where does “-cik” come from?

-cik (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük.

-cik (Turkish): diminutive suffix

Definitions

  1. diminutive suffix

Ancestry of “-cik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجك—
2Proto-Turkic*-čük—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-čük →