Where does “kırk” come from?
kırk (Gagauz) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish قِرْق, from Proto-Turkic kïrk — forty.
kırk (Gagauz): forty
Ancestry of “kırk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | قِرْق | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | kïrk | forty |