Where does “öç almak” come from?

öç almak (Turkish) comes from Turkish öç, from Persian اوج, from Arabic أَوْج, from Persian اوگ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.

öç almak (Turkish): to take revenge, to avenge

Definitions

  1. to take revenge, to avenge

Ancestry of “öç almak”, step by step

öç almak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish öç

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishöçvengeance, revenge
2Persianاوجacme; apex; peak
3Arabicأَوْج
4Persianاوگ
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-

via Turkish almak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishalmakto take; to buy
2Ottoman Turkishآلمقto take; to get
3Old Anatolian Turkishآلمقto take
4Proto-Turkic*al-to take

Words derived from “öç almak

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-
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