Where does “ışık kirliliği” come from?

ışık kirliliği (Turkish) comes from Turkish kirlilik, from Turkish kirli, from Turkish kır, from Ottoman Turkish كیر, from Old Turkic kir, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ — girl; woman; ? red, dark thing.

ışık kirliliği (Turkish): light pollution

Definitions

  1. light pollution

Ancestry of “ışık kirliliği”, step by step

ışık kirliliği traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kirlilik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkirlilikdirtiness; pollution
2Turkishkirlidirty
3Turkishkıruncultivated area, wilderness
4Ottoman Turkishكیرdirt, filth, squalor, any foul matter which soils or defiles
5Old Turkickir—
6Proto-Turkickï̄ŕgirl; woman; ? red, dark thing

via Turkish ışık

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishışıklight; inspired thought, ray of inspiration;...
2Ottoman Turkishایشقlight, the electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye
3Proto-Turkic*yaĺčuk—
4Proto-Turkic*yaĺču-to blaze, flame
Every word from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ →Every word from Old Turkic kir →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كیر →
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