Where does “Sümerce” come from?

Sümerce (Turkish) comes from Turkish -çe, from Ottoman Turkish -ce, from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.

Sümerce (Turkish): Sumerian (language)

Definitions

  1. Sumerian (language)

Ancestry of “Sümerce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-çelike, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the...
2Ottoman Turkish-ce—
3Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-če →Every word from Turkish -çe →Every word from Ottoman Turkish -ce →