Where does “Büyük Harp” come from?

Büyük Harp (Turkish) comes from Turkish büyük, from Ottoman Turkish بیوك, from Proto-Turkic bedük, from Proto-Turkic bedü- — to grow, become large; to grow big; to become...

Büyük Harp (Turkish): The Great War, World War I

Definitions

  1. The Great War, World War I

Ancestry of “Büyük Harp”, step by step

Büyük Harp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish büyük

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbüyükbig, large; grand
2Ottoman Turkishبیوكbig, large; grand, great
3Proto-Turkicbedükbig; tall; big, tall
4Proto-Turkicbedü-to grow, become large; to grow big; to become...

via Turkish harp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishharpwar
2Ottoman Turkishحربwar
3Arabicحَرْب—
Every word from Proto-Turkic bedü- →Every word from Proto-Turkic bedük →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بیوك →