Where does “açık seçik” come from?

açık seçik (Turkish) comes from Turkish açık, from Ottoman Turkish آچق, from Proto-Turkic ač- — to open.

açık seçik (Turkish): explicit, clear, clear-cut

Definitions

  1. explicit, clear, clear-cut

Ancestry of “açık seçik”, step by step

açık seçik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish açık

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishaçıkbright, light; obvious; open
2Ottoman Turkishآچقopen, able to be accessed, not closed
3Proto-Turkicač-to open

via Turkish seçmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishseçmekto choose, select; to pick out, sort; to elect
2Proto-Turkicseč-to choose, select
Every word from Proto-Turkic ač- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آچق →Every word from Turkish açık →