Etymology Explorer › Ottoman Turkish

Where does “صیغیر” come from?

صیغیر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish صغر, from Proto-Turkic *sïgïr.

Ancestry of “صیغیر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishصغر—
2Proto-Turkic*sïgïr—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *sïgïr →