Where does “سونكرلنمك” come from?

سونكرلنمك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish سونكر, from Greek σφουγγάρι, from Byzantine Greek σφουγγάριον, from Ancient Greek σπόγγος — sponge; tonsil.

سونكرلنمك (Ottoman Turkish): to become a sponge or like a sponge

Definitions

  1. to become a sponge or like a sponge

Ancestry of “سونكرلنمك”, step by step

سونكرلنمك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish سونكر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishسونكرsea sponge, any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera
2Greekσφουγγάριsponge
3Byzantine Greekσφουγγάριον—
4Ancient Greekσπόγγοςsponge; tonsil

via Ottoman Turkish ـلنمك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلنمك—
Every word from Ancient Greek σπόγγος →Every word from Byzantine Greek σφουγγάριον →Every word from Greek σφουγγάρι →