Where does “déli” come from?

déli (Hungarian) comes from Turkish deli, from Urdu دلی, from Old Anatolian Turkish دلو, from Proto-Turkic *tēlbe — mad, crazy.

déli (Hungarian): south, southern; midday

Definitions

  1. south, southern; midday

Ancestry of “déli”, step by step

déli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish deli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdelimad, insane
2Urduدلی—
3Old Anatolian Turkishدلوmad, crazy, insane, lunatic, bonkers, not sane, exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind, mentally deranged
4Proto-Turkic*tēlbemad, crazy

via Hungarian dél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariandélnoon; south, abbreviated as D
2Proto-Turkictǖłbalanced, equal, fellow, well-matched, come...

Words derived from “déli”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tēlbe →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish دلو →Every word from Urdu دلی →