Where does “پرمقلمق” come from?

پرمقلمق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish پرمق, from Old Anatolian Turkish برمق, from Turkmen barmak, from Proto-Turkic bar- — to walk, go; to come, reach.

پرمقلمق (Ottoman Turkish): to poke, finger, to prod, jab, or touch something with a finger

Definitions

  1. to poke, finger, to prod, jab, or touch something with a finger

Ancestry of “پرمقلمق”, step by step

پرمقلمق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish پرمق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishپرمقfinger, toe
2Old Anatolian Turkishبرمق
3Turkmenbarmakfinger
4Proto-Turkicbar-to walk, go; to come, reach

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

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