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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ـجه (-ce), ـچه (-çe).
Suffix
-çe
- Assimilated form of -ce after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.
- sert (“violent; hard; harsh”) + -çe → sertçe (“violently; hard; harshly”)
- Türk (“Turk”) + -çe → Türkçe (“Turkish language”) (literally "like a Turk")
- İsveç (“Sweden”) + -çe → İsveççe (“Swedish language”) (literally "in the way of Sweden")