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Where does “türkiz” come from?

türkiz (Hungarian) comes from German türkis, from Middle High German turkoys, from Middle French turquoise, from Old French turquois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō — to turn.

türkiz (Hungarian): turquoise

Definitions

  1. turquoise

Ancestry of “türkiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantürkisturquoise
2Middle High Germanturkoys—
3Middle Frenchturquoiseturquoise
4Old FrenchturquoisTurkish
5Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
6Latin-ensisOf or from
7Latinarvumfield; farm land
8Latincolō—
9Latinquelō—
10Proto-Italickʷelō—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “türkiz”

  • türkizkék
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