Where does “şanslı” come from?
şanslı (Turkish) comes from Turkish şans, from Russian шанс, from French chance, from Old French cheance, from Vulgar Latin cadentia, from Latin cadēns, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō — to fall.
şanslı (Turkish): lucky
Ancestry of “şanslı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | şans | luck; fortune |
| 2 | Russian | шанс | chance, prospect |
| 3 | French | chance | chance; luck |
| 4 | Old French | cheance | accident, chance, luck |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cadentia | falling |
| 6 | Latin | cadēns | — |
| 7 | Latin | cadō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |