Where does “Aşkale” come from?

Aşkale (Turkish) comes from Turkish aş, from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass, from English ace, from English asexual, from English ā-, from Old English ġe- — whale, sea monster; abyss.

Ancestry of “Aşkale”, step by step

Aşkale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishcooked food; second-person singular imperative of...
2Frenchasace; as; second-person singular present...
3Italianassoace; A piece or side having a single dot
4GermanassSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling...
5EnglishaceA single point or spot on a playing card or die;...
6EnglishasexualNonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;...
7Englishā-
8Old Englishġe-used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating completeness or perfection
9Proto-West Germanicga-used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating...
10Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
15Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
16Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Turkish kale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkalefort, castle, fortress, stronghold; rook; goal
2Ottoman Turkishقلعهfortress; castle
3Classical Persianقلعه
4Arabicقلعةfortress, fort, castle; distancing oneself,...
5Arabicقَلْعَةcitadel, fort; fortress, fort, castle; fort,...
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος