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Where does “-den” come from?

-den (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـدن, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـدن, from Proto-Turkic *-den.

-den (Turkish): Used to form ablative of nouns

Definitions

  1. Used to form ablative of nouns

Ancestry of “-den”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـدن—
2Old Anatolian Turkishـدن—
3Proto-Turkic*-den—

Words derived from “-den”

  • neden
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-den →