Where does “akciğer” come from?

akciğer (Turkish) comes from Turkish ak, from Turkish baş, from French basse, from Italian basso, from Latin Bassus, from Ancient Greek βάσις, from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis — to step.

akciğer (Turkish): lung

Definitions

  1. lung

Ancestry of “akciğer”, step by step

akciğer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish ak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishakwhite; clean; honest
2Turkishbaşhead; leader of a group; outset of something
3Frenchbassefeminine singular of bas; bass; acoustic guitar
4Italianbassolow; short; narrow, thin
5LatinBassusthick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base
6Ancient Greekβάσιςstep; rhythm; foot
7Proto-Hellenicgʷə́tisstep
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtisstep, act of walking
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via Turkish ciğer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishciğergeneral name of lung and liver
2Ottoman Turkishجكرliver, lung
3Persianجگرliver; dear, darling
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis →