Where does “şeytan tırnağı” come from?

şeytan tırnağı (Turkish) comes from Turkish şeytan, from Ottoman Turkish شیطان, from Old Anatolian Turkish شیطان, from Arabic شَيْطَان, from Arabic شَيَّطَ — to singe; to scorch.

şeytan tırnağı (Turkish): hangnail

Definitions

  1. hangnail

Ancestry of “şeytan tırnağı”, step by step

şeytan tırnağı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish şeytan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishşeytandevil
2Ottoman Turkishشیطانdevilish, cunning, mischievous; devil
3Old Anatolian Turkishشیطان—
4ArabicشَيْطَانShaitan, Satan; Satan, devil; satan, devil
5Arabicشَيَّطَto singe; to scorch

via Turkish tırnak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtırnaknail; claw, hoof; quote, quotation mark
2Ottoman Turkishطرناقnail, claw
3Proto-Turkic*tïrŋak—
Every word from Arabic شَيَّطَ →