| 1 | Vulgar Latin | surcellus | — |
| 2 | Latin | surculus | shoot, sprout, sprig, twig |
| 3 | Latin | surus | A branch, a stake |
| 4 | Turkish | sürmek | to drive ; to push; to ride; to send, exile,... |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | سورمك | to drive, drive away, banish, advance, sell in... |
| 6 | Old Anatolian Turkish | sür- | to drive away, spend time, go ahead, advance; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | sǖr- | to vade away; to drive away, banish |