Where does “aşmak” come from?

aşmak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آصمق, from Proto-Turkic as- — to hang.

aşmak (Turkish): to cross, traverse (a mountain, a river, a sea); to go through; to traverse

Definitions

  1. to cross, traverse (a mountain, a river, a sea); to go through; to traverse

Ancestry of “aşmak”, step by step

aşmak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish آصمق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآصمقto hang up, suspend
2Proto-Turkicas-to hang

via Ottoman Turkish آشمق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآشمقto pass, go beyond, pass the limits
2Common Turkic*āš-

Words derived from “aşmak

Every word from Proto-Turkic as-Every word from Ottoman Turkish آصمق