Where does “lezbiyenlik” come from?

lezbiyenlik (Turkish) comes from Turkish -lık, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik — noun suffix; -ness.

lezbiyenlik (Turkish): lesbianism

Definitions

  1. lesbianism

Ancestry of “lezbiyenlik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-lık-ness; -hood; -ship
2Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
3Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lik →Every word from Turkish -lık →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـلق →