Where does “esirlik” come from?

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

esirlik (Turkish): servitude

Definitions

  1. servitude

Ancestry of “esirlik”, step by step

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