Where does “شنلك” come from?

شنلك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish شن, from Armenian շեն, from Old Armenian շէն, from Middle Iranian šēn.

شنلك (Ottoman Turkish): gaiety, levity; festivity

Definitions

  1. gaiety, levity; festivity

Ancestry of “شنلك”, step by step

شنلك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish شن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishشنgay, light, merry
2Armenianշենinhabited, peopled; undamaged, intact, unharmed;...
3Old Armenianշէնinhabited place; village, hamlet; inhabitation;...
4Middle Iranianšēn—

via Ottoman Turkish ـلك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلكness
2Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Middle Iranian šēn →Every word from Old Armenian շէն →Every word from Armenian շեն →
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