Where does “çinko” come from?
çinko (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چینقو, from Italian zinco, from Latin zincum, from German zink, from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko, from Proto-Germanic tindaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts — to eat.
çinko (Turkish): zinc
Definitions
- zinc
Ancestry of “çinko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | چینقو | — |
| 2 | Italian | zinco | zinc; first-person singular present of zincare |
| 3 | Latin | zincum | zinc |
| 4 | German | zink | singular imperative of zinken; first-person... |
| 5 | Middle High German | zinke | tine, prong |
| 6 | Old High German | zinko | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tindaz | tooth; cog; peg; tine; nail; spike; prong; peak;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |