Where does “boyayí” come from?
boyayí (Ladino) comes from Turkish boyamak, from Ottoman Turkish بویامق, from Proto-Turkic *boda-.
boyayí (Ladino): painter
Ancestry of “boyayí”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | boyamak | to paint, dye, color |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بویامق | to paint, color, dye |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *boda- | — |