Where does “çoksatar” come from?

çoksatar (Turkish) comes from Turkish çok, from Ottoman Turkish چوق, from Old Anatolian Turkish چُوقْ, from Proto-Turkic čok — vile, hooligan.

çoksatar (Turkish): best-selling

Definitions

  1. best-selling

Ancestry of “çoksatar”, step by step

çoksatar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçokmuch, many, plenty, a lot; very, too
2Ottoman Turkishچوقmuch, many, a lot
3Old Anatolian Turkishچُوقْ—
4Proto-Turkicčokvile, hooligan

via Turkish satmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsatmakto sell, market; to betray
2Ottoman Turkishصاتمقto sell, deal in, palm off, foist
3Proto-Turkicsat-to sell
Every word from Proto-Turkic čok →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish چُوقْ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چوق →