Where does “çilekçilik” come from?
çilekçilik (Turkish) comes from Turkish çilekçi, from Turkish çilek, from English strawberry, from Middle English strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, from Old English strēaw, from Proto-West Germanic strau, from Proto-Germanic strawą — sterile, infertile.
çilekçilik (Turkish): Selling strawberries
Definitions
- Selling strawberries
Ancestry of “çilekçilik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | çilekçi | seller of strawberries |
| 2 | Turkish | çilek | strawberry |
| 3 | English | strawberry | The sweet, usually red, edible fruit of certain... |
| 4 | Middle English | strawbery | A strawberry |
| 5 | Old English | strēawberġe | strawberry |
| 6 | Old English | strēaw | straw |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | strau | straw |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | strawą | straw |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |