Where does “ıslık çalmak” come from?

ıslık çalmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish çalmak, from Proto-Turkic čal- — to mow.

ıslık çalmak (Turkish): to whistle

Definitions

  1. to whistle

Ancestry of “ıslık çalmak”, step by step

ıslık çalmak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çalmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçalmakto steal; to play a musical instrument; to play a...
2Proto-Turkicčal-to mow

via Turkish ıslık

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishıslıkwhistle
Every word from Proto-Turkic čal- →Every word from Turkish çalmak →
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