Where does “كسم” come from?

كسم (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish كسم, from Turkish kesmek, from Ottoman Turkish كسمك, from Proto-Turkic *kes-.

كسم (Egyptian Arabic): cut, fit, shape

Definitions

  1. cut, fit, shape

Ancestry of “كسم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكسمcut, the wise in which something is snithen
2Turkishkesmekto cut; to cut off, interrupt; to stop
3Ottoman Turkishكسمكto cut; to sever; to slice
4Proto-Turkic*kes-—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kes- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كسمك →Every word from Turkish kesmek →