Where does “лучник” come from?

лучник (Ukrainian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -лук, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik — noun suffix; -ness.

лучник (Ukrainian): archer

Definitions

  1. archer

Ancestry of “лучник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-лукдивљалук — дивљање; безобра̀злук — безобра̀штина,...
2Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
3Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lik →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـلق →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -лук →
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