Where does “beklev” come from?

beklev (Crimean Tatar) comes from Turkish beklemek, from Old Turkic bekle-, from Proto-Turkic bek — firm, solid, stable.

beklev (Crimean Tatar): waiting

Definitions

  1. waiting

Ancestry of “beklev”, step by step

beklev traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish beklemek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbeklemekto wait; to expect
2Old Turkicbekle-—
3Proto-Turkicbekfirm, solid, stable

via Crimean Tatar v

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarv—
Every word from Proto-Turkic bek →Every word from Old Turkic bekle- →Every word from Turkish beklemek →