Where does “-da” come from?

-da (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دا, from Proto-Turkic -te, from Proto-Turkic -ta — locative suffix.

-da (Turkish): Used to form locative of nouns

Definitions

  1. Used to form locative of nouns

Ancestry of “-da”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishداlocative suffix
2Proto-Turkic-telocative suffix
3Proto-Turkic-talocative suffix

Words derived from “-da”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -ta →Every word from Proto-Turkic -te →Every word from Ottoman Turkish دا →