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

Definitions

  1. poetic

Ancestry of “şiirsel”, step by step

şiirsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish sel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishselflood
2Ottoman Turkishسلflood
3Ottoman Turkishسیلflood, inundation, deluge, a disastrous overflow of water from a lake or other body of water
4Arabicسَيْل—

via Turkish şiir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishşiirpoem
2Ottoman Turkishشعرpoetry, poem, verse
3Arabicشِعْرpoem, poetry
Every word from Arabic سَيْل →Every word from Ottoman Turkish سیل →Every word from Ottoman Turkish سل →