Where does “kelimecik” come from?
kelimecik (Turkish) comes from Turkish -cık, from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük.
kelimecik (Turkish): Diminutive of kelime
Ancestry of “kelimecik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | -cık | diminutive suffix |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـجك | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-čük | — |