Where does “annecik” come from?

annecik (Turkish) comes from Turkish -cık, from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük — Forms denominal dimunitive nouns.

annecik (Turkish): mummy/mommy (usually with possessive suffixes, i.e. "my mummy")

Definitions

  1. mummy/mommy (usually with possessive suffixes, i.e. "my mummy")

Ancestry of “annecik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-cıkdiminutive suffix
2Ottoman TurkishـجكDiminutive suffix after front vowels
3Proto-Turkic*-čükForms denominal dimunitive nouns
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-čük →