Where does “çevirgəc” come from?

çevirgəc (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani çevirmək, from Proto-Turkic *čebir- — to twist, turn.

çevirgəc (Azerbaijani): switch

Definitions

  1. switch

Ancestry of “çevirgəc”, step by step

çevirgəc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani çevirmək

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniçevirməkto turn, to turn around
2Proto-Turkic*čebir-to twist, turn

via Azerbaijani gəc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanigəc—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *čebir- →Every word from Azerbaijani çevirmək →