Where does “Kızıltepe” come from?
Kızıltepe (Turkish) comes from Turkish tepe, from Ottoman Turkish تپه, from Old Anatolian Turkish دپه, from Proto-Turkic *tepe — hill, top.
Ancestry of “Kızıltepe”, step by step
Kızıltepe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish tepe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | tepe | hill; top, peak; apex, vertex |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | تپه | crown of the head, apex, summit, mountain peak,... |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | دپه | hill |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *tepe | hill, top |
via Turkish kızıl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kızıl | bright red, scarlet; communist; gold |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قزل | red |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kïŕïl | red |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | kï̄ŕ- | to be hot, glow, redden |