Where does “korkakça” come from?

korkakça (Turkish) comes from Turkish -çe, from Ottoman Turkish -ce, from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.

korkakça (Turkish): coward, craven

Definitions

  1. coward, craven

Ancestry of “korkakça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-çelike, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the...
2Ottoman Turkish-ce
3Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-čeEvery word from Turkish -çeEvery word from Ottoman Turkish -ce