Where does “dulluk” come from?

dulluk (Turkish) comes from Turkish -lük, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik — noun suffix; -ness.

dulluk (Turkish): widowhood

Definitions

  1. widowhood

Ancestry of “dulluk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-lük-ness; -hood; -ship
2Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
3Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lik →Every word from Turkish -lük →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـلق →