Where does “تونكلمك” come from?

تونكلمك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Chagatai تونك, from Old Armenian տունկ — plant, shrub, tree; the act of planting; vine,...

تونكلمك (Ottoman Turkish): to perch, roost, to settle on a perch in order to rest or sleep

Definitions

  1. to perch, roost, to settle on a perch in order to rest or sleep

Ancestry of “تونكلمك”, step by step

تونكلمك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chagatai تونك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chagataiتونكshrub, bush
2Old Armenianտունկplant, shrub, tree; the act of planting; vine,...

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلامقforms verbs from nouns or adjectives
Every word from Old Armenian տունկ