Where does “şifrelemek” come from?

şifrelemek (Turkish) comes from Turkish şifre, from Ottoman Turkish شیفره, from French chiffre, from Italian cifra, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

şifrelemek (Turkish): to encrypt (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher)

Definitions

  1. to encrypt (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher)

Ancestry of “şifrelemek”, step by step

şifrelemek traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish şifre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishşifrecode, cipher
2Ottoman Turkishشیفرهcode, cipher
3Frenchchiffrea digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number;...
4Italiancifrafigure, numeral; sum; code, cipher
5Medieval Latincifrazero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero
6Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
7Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-

via Turkish mek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishmek

via Turkish le

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishleThe name of the Latin-script letter L
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-