Where does “İncesu” come from?
İncesu (Turkish) comes from Turkish su, from French soutache, from Hungarian sujtás, from Hungarian -ás — Added to a verb to form a noun.
Ancestry of “İncesu”, step by step
İncesu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish su
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | su | water; juice |
| 2 | French | soutache | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | sujtás | soutache |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ás | Added to a verb to form a noun |
via Turkish ince
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | ince | Having little thickness; thin, narrow |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | اینچه | slender, thin |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *yīnčge | thin |