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Where does “-lık” come from?

-lık (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik.

-lık (Turkish): -ness; -hood; -ship

Definitions

  1. -ness; -hood; -ship

Ancestry of “-lık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
2Proto-Turkic*-lik—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lik →