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Where does “küçük” come from?

küçük (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كوچوك, from Old Anatolian Turkish kiçük, from Proto-Turkic kičüg — small, little.

küçük (Turkish): small, little; minor, of little importance

Definitions

  1. small, little; minor, of little importance

Ancestry of “küçük”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكوچوكsmall; little
2Old Anatolian Turkishkiçüksmall, little
3Proto-Turkickičügsmall, little

Words derived from “küçük”

  • cacciucco
  • küçüklük
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