Where does “fırçalık” come from?

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

fırçalık (Turkish): brush-holder, a container where brushes are placed or stored

Definitions

  1. brush-holder, a container where brushes are placed or stored

Ancestry of “fırçalık”, 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 →