Where does “kardeşlik” come from?
kardeşlik (Turkish) comes from Turkish -lık, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik.
kardeşlik (Turkish): brotherhood; fraternity
Ancestry of “kardeşlik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | -lık | -ness; -hood; -ship |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـلق | -ness |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-lik | — |