Where does “ağır aksak” come from?

ağır aksak (Turkish) comes from Turkish ağır, from Ottoman Turkish آغر, from Proto-Turkic *agïr.

ağır aksak (Turkish): slow, lagging

Definitions

  1. slow, lagging

Ancestry of “ağır aksak”, step by step

ağır aksak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish ağır

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishağırheavy; intense; slow
2Ottoman Turkishآغرheavy
3Proto-Turkic*agïr—

via Turkish aksak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishaksakLame, slightly limping
Every word from Proto-Turkic *agïr →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آغر →Every word from Turkish ağır →