Where does “kırk” come from?

kırk (Gagauz) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish قِرْق, from Proto-Turkic kïrk — forty.

kırk (Gagauz): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “kırk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishقِرْق—
2Proto-Turkickïrkforty
Every word from Proto-Turkic kïrk →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قِرْق →