Where does “küçüklük” come from?
küçüklük (Turkish) comes from Turkish küçük, from Ottoman Turkish كوچوك, from Old Anatolian Turkish kiçük, from Proto-Turkic kičüg — small, little.
küçüklük (Turkish): smallness
Ancestry of “küçüklük”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | küçük | small, little; minor, of little importance |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | كوچوك | small; little |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | kiçük | small, little |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | kičüg | small, little |