Where does “îesürmə” come from?

îesürmə (Khalaj) comes from Proto-Japonic mə, from Arabic مَن — who?; who.

îesürmə (Khalaj): cough

Definitions

  1. cough

Ancestry of “îesürmə”, step by step

îesürmə traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Japonic mə

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Japonicmənon-unique topic marker: also, even, too, as well
2Arabicمَنwho?; who

via Khalaj êsürmək

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khalajêsürməkto cough
2Proto-Turkic*üskür-to cough
Every word from Arabic مَن →Every word from Proto-Japonic mə →