Where does “temizlik” come from?

temizlik (Crimean Tatar) comes from Turkish temiz, from Ottoman Turkish تمیز, from Arabic تَمْيِيز.

temizlik (Crimean Tatar): cleanliness

Definitions

  1. cleanliness

Ancestry of “temizlik”, step by step

temizlik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish temiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtemizclean
2Ottoman Turkishتمیزclean
3Arabicتَمْيِيز—

via Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclik-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanl(o)yk-o-—
Every word from Arabic تَمْيِيز →Every word from Ottoman Turkish تمیز →Every word from Turkish temiz →
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