Where does “bıldır” come from?
bıldır (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بلدیر, from Old Anatolian Turkish بولدر, from Proto-Turkic *bïldur.
bıldır (Turkish): last year
Ancestry of “bıldır”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بلدیر | — |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | بولدر | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *bïldur | — |