Where does “anahtarlık” come from?

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

anahtarlık (Turkish): keyring

Definitions

  1. keyring

Ancestry of “anahtarlık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishanahtarkey
2Ottoman Turkishآناختارkey, an object designed to open and close a lock
3Greekανοιχτήριopener
4Byzantine Greekἀνοικτήριον—
Every word from Byzantine Greek ἀνοικτήριον →Every word from Greek ανοιχτήρι →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آناختار →