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Where does “yanlışlık” come from?

yanlışlık (Turkish) comes from Turkish -lık, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik.

yanlışlık (Turkish): mistake; wrongness

Definitions

  1. mistake; wrongness

Ancestry of “yanlışlık”, step by step

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