Where does “ابه كومجی” come from?

ابه كومجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Malay ابه, from Proto-Turkic *ēpe — grandmother.

ابه كومجی (Ottoman Turkish): mallow, any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva

Definitions

  1. mallow, any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva

Ancestry of “ابه كومجی”, step by step

ابه كومجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ابه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayابهfather
2Proto-Turkic*ēpegrandmother

via Ottoman Turkish كومج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكومجhoneycomb, a substance made by bees from beeswax, which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae
Every word from Proto-Turkic *ēpeEvery word from Malay ابه