Where does “قارشلامق” come from?

قارشلامق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قارش, from Old Anatolian Turkish قارش, from Proto-Turkic *kārïĺ.

قارشلامق (Ottoman Turkish): to span, to measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended

Definitions

  1. to span, to measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended

Ancestry of “قارشلامق”, step by step

قارشلامق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قارش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقارشspan, handspan
2Old Anatolian Turkishقارشforearm
3Proto-Turkic*kārïĺ

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلامقforms verbs from nouns or adjectives
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kārïĺ