Where does “çarmıha germek” come from?
çarmıha germek (Turkish) comes from Turkish germek, from Ottoman Turkish كرمك, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.
çarmıha germek (Turkish): to crucify
Ancestry of “çarmıha germek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | germek | to stretch, strain, tighten, draw, lengthen; to... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | كرمك | to stretch, tight, tighten, spread out |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | — |