Where does “damlacık” come from?

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

damlacık (Turkish): droplet

Definitions

  1. droplet

Ancestry of “damlacık”, 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 →Every word from Turkish -cık →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجك →