Where does “çimen” come from?

çimen (Turkish) comes from Old Turkic çimgen, from Proto-Turkic čɨm.

çimen (Turkish): grass; lawn; turf

Definitions

  1. grass; lawn; turf

Ancestry of “çimen”, step by step

çimen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Turkic çimgen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkicçimgen—
2Proto-Turkicčɨm—

via Persian چمن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچمنpath, allee; lawn; meadow
2Proto-Turkic*čïm—

Words derived from “çimen”

Every word from Proto-Turkic čɨm →Every word from Old Turkic çimgen →