Where does “Üsküdar” come from?
Üsküdar (English) comes from Turkish Üsküdar, from Ottoman Turkish اوسكدار, from Latin scūtārius, from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European skei-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
Üsküdar (English): formerly known as Scutari
Definitions
- formerly known as Scutari
Ancestry of “Üsküdar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Üsküdar | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | اوسكدار | — |
| 3 | Latin | scūtārius | of a shield, belonging to a shield |
| 4 | Latin | scūtum | a type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skei- | to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |