Where does “şiirsel” come from?
şiirsel (Turkish) comes from Turkish sel, from Ottoman Turkish سل, from Ottoman Turkish سیل, from Arabic سَيْل.
şiirsel (Turkish): poetic
Ancestry of “şiirsel”, step by step
şiirsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish sel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | sel | flood |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | سل | flood |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | سیل | flood, inundation, deluge, a disastrous overflow of water from a lake or other body of water |
| 4 | Arabic | سَيْل | — |
via Turkish şiir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | şiir | poem |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | شعر | poetry, poem, verse |
| 3 | Arabic | شِعْر | poem, poetry |