Where does “Temel” come from?

Temel (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish تمل, from Greek θεμέλιο, from Ancient Greek θεμέλιος, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Temel (Turkish): fundament, basics

Definitions

  1. fundament, basics

Ancestry of “Temel”, step by step

Temel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish تمل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتملfoundation, base, underbuilding, that upon which anything is founded
2Greekθεμέλιοfoundation, substructure, base; groundwork
3Ancient Greekθεμέλιοςbelonging to the foundation; foundation-stone,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰh₁-m-eló-
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Proto-Celtic temeslos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictemeslosdarkness
2Proto-Indo-EuropeantēmH-dark

Words derived from “Temel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-Every word from Ancient Greek θεμέλιος