Where does “bakımsız” come from?

bakımsız (Turkish) comes from Turkish bakım, from Turkish bak, from Turkish bakmak, from Ottoman Turkish باقمق, from Proto-Turkic *bak- — to look; to watch.

bakımsız (Turkish): squalid, uncared-for, neglected

Definitions

  1. squalid, uncared-for, neglected

Ancestry of “bakımsız”, step by step

bakımsız traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish bakım

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbakımmaintenance, requirement
2Turkishbaksecond-person singular imperative of bakmak; look
3Turkishbakmakto look (at), gaze
4Ottoman Turkishباقمقto look; to look at
5Proto-Turkic*bak-to look; to watch

via Turkish sız

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsızyou (plural subject pronoun: the group being addressed); you guys, y'all
2Ottoman Turkishسزye, you
3Proto-Turkicsiŕyou; ye
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bak- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باقمق →Every word from Turkish bakmak →