Where does “uçaq limanı” come from?

uçaq limanı (Crimean Tatar) comes from Crimean Tatar uçaq, from Turkish uçak, from Turkish uçmak, from Ottoman Turkish اوچمق, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

uçaq limanı (Crimean Tatar): airport

Definitions

  1. airport

Ancestry of “uçaq limanı”, step by step

uçaq limanı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Crimean Tatar uçaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tataruçaqaeroplane
2Turkishuçakaeroplane, airplane
3Turkishuçmakto fly
4Ottoman Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
5Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
6Proto-Turkicuč-to fly

via Crimean Tatar liman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarlimanestuary; port, harbour, haven
2Byzantine Greekλιμένιον—
3Ancient Greekλιμήνharbor; a haven, retreat, refuge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanléymōlake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanley-to flow, pour, stream; to glide, slip, be...
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