Where does “anahtar” come from?

anahtar (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آناختار, from Greek ανοιχτήρι, from Byzantine Greek ἀνοικτήριον.

anahtar (Turkish): key

Definitions

  1. key

Ancestry of “anahtar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآناختارkey, an object designed to open and close a lock
2Greekανοιχτήριopener
3Byzantine Greekἀνοικτήριον—

Words derived from “anahtar”

Every word from Byzantine Greek ἀνοικτήριον →Every word from Greek ανοιχτήρι →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آناختار →