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

Definitions

  1. smallness

Ancestry of “küçüklük”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishküçüksmall, little; minor, of little importance
2Ottoman Turkishكوچوكsmall; little
3Old Anatolian Turkishkiçüksmall, little
4Proto-Turkickičügsmall, little
Every word from Proto-Turkic kičügEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish kiçükEvery word from Ottoman Turkish كوچوك