Where does “çekirge” come from?

çekirge (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چكركه, from Proto-Turkic *čekürtke — grasshopper, locust.

çekirge (Turkish): grasshopper, locust

Definitions

  1. grasshopper, locust

Ancestry of “çekirge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچكركهgrasshopper, any insect of the order Orthoptera
2Proto-Turkic*čekürtkegrasshopper, locust
Every word from Proto-Turkic *čekürtke →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چكركه →
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