Where does “örümcek” come from?

örümcek (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اورمجك, from Proto-Turkic *ȫrmekči, from Proto-Turkic ȫr- — to rise; to spin; to plait.

örümcek (Turkish): spider; spiderweb

Definitions

  1. spider; spiderweb

Ancestry of “örümcek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاورمجكspider, any of various arthropods of the order Araneae
2Proto-Turkic*ȫrmekči—
3Proto-Turkicȫr-to rise; to spin; to plait

Words derived from “örümcek”

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