Where does “پیسلك” come from?

پیسلك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian پیس, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

پیسلك (Ottoman Turkish): dirt, filth, squalor

Definitions

  1. dirt, filth, squalor

Ancestry of “پیسلك”, step by step

پیسلك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian پیس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپیسstained, wrinkled, leprous
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

via Ottoman Turkish ـلك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلكness
2Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Persian پیس →
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