Where does “pot-” come from?
pot- (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Turkish kırmak, from Ottoman Turkish قیرمق, from Proto-Turkic kïr- — to break, to demolish; to scrape, to shave.
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Definitions
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Ancestry of “pot-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | kırmak | to break; to hurt someone's feelings |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قیرمق | to break, fracture, crack, to separate into two or more pieces under force, stress, or pressure |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kïr- | to break, to demolish; to scrape, to shave |
Words derived from “pot-”