Where does “uzmanlık” come from?
uzmanlık (Turkish) comes from Turkish -lık, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik.
uzmanlık (Turkish): expertness
Ancestry of “uzmanlık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | -lık | -ness; -hood; -ship |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـلق | -ness |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-lik | — |