Where does “nicelik” come from?

nicelik (Turkish) comes from Turkish nice, from Ottoman Turkish نیچه, from Proto-Turkic nēče, from Proto-Turkic nē- — what; interrogative archetype.

nicelik (Turkish): quantity

Definitions

  1. quantity

Ancestry of “nicelik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishnicemany; how
2Ottoman Turkishنیچهhow; how many
3Proto-Turkicnēčehow many
4Proto-Turkicnē-what; interrogative archetype
Every word from Proto-Turkic nē- →Every word from Proto-Turkic nēče →Every word from Ottoman Turkish نیچه →