Where does “damlacık” come from?
damlacık (Turkish) comes from Turkish -cık, from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük.
Ancestry of “damlacık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | -cık | diminutive suffix |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـجك | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-čük | — |