Where does “لسانجه” come from?
لسانجه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish لسان, from Old Anatolian Turkish لسان, from Arabic لِسَان — tongue; language.
لسانجه (Ottoman Turkish): linguistic
Ancestry of “لسانجه”, step by step
لسانجه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish لسان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | لسان | language; tongue |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | لسان | — |
| 3 | Arabic | لِسَان | tongue; language |
via Ottoman Turkish ـجه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ـجه | like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *-če | Suffix expressing the equative case |