Where does “kurnazca” come from?

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

kurnazca (Turkish): befitting someone clever; crafty

Definitions

  1. befitting someone clever; crafty

Ancestry of “kurnazca”, 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 *-če →Every word from Turkish -çe →Every word from Ottoman Turkish -ce →