Where does “sürtüklük” come from?

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

sürtüklük (Turkish): sluttiness, whoring, whoredom

Definitions

  1. sluttiness, whoring, whoredom

Ancestry of “sürtüklük”, step by step

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