Where does “ünlem işareti” come from?

ünlem işareti (Turkish) comes from Turkish ünlem, from Turkish ünlemek, from Turkish -le, from Turkish ile, from Ottoman Turkish ایله, from Old Anatolian Turkish اِیلَه, from Proto-Turkic bile — with, together, also.

ünlem işareti (Turkish): exclamation mark, exclamation point

Definitions

  1. exclamation mark, exclamation point

Ancestry of “ünlem işareti”, step by step

ünlem işareti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish ünlem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishünleminterjection
2Turkishünlemekto cry, to shout
3Turkish-lewith, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form...
4Turkishilewith; and
5Ottoman Turkishایلهby
6Old Anatolian Turkishاِیلَه—
7Proto-Turkicbilewith, together, also

via Turkish işaret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishişaretsign
2Ottoman Turkishاشارتsign, symbol, any object or event whose presence indicates the occurance of something else
3Arabicإِشَارَةto show or display; sign
Every word from Proto-Turkic bile →Every word from Turkish -le →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish اِیلَه →