Where does “bacakkıran” come from?

bacakkıran (Turkish) comes from Turkish kırmak, from Ottoman Turkish قیرمق, from Proto-Turkic kïr- — to break, to demolish; to scrape, to shave.

bacakkıran (Turkish): bog asphodel, any flowering plant in the genus Narthecium, found on wet, boggy moorlands

Definitions

  1. bog asphodel, any flowering plant in the genus Narthecium, found on wet, boggy moorlands

Ancestry of “bacakkıran”, step by step

bacakkıran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kırmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkırmakto break; to hurt someone's feelings
2Ottoman Turkishقیرمقto break, fracture, crack, to separate into two or more pieces under force, stress, or pressure
3Proto-Turkickïr-to break, to demolish; to scrape, to shave

via Turkish bacak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbacakleg; knave, jack in playing cards
2Ottoman Turkishباجاقleg, thigh; knave, jack in playing cards
Every word from Proto-Turkic kïr- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قیرمق →Every word from Turkish kırmak →