Where does “beygir gücü” come from?
beygir gücü (Turkish) comes from Turkish beygir, from Ottoman Turkish بیگیر, from Persian بارگیر, from Persian بار, from French bar, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër.
beygir gücü (Turkish): horsepower
Definitions
- horsepower
Ancestry of “beygir gücü”, step by step
beygir gücü traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish beygir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | beygir | horse often derogatory denoting a useless or an old horse |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بیگیر | — |
| 3 | Persian | بارگیر | — |
| 4 | Persian | بار | present stem form of باریدن; burden, load,... |
| 5 | French | bar | A bar; A bass |
| 6 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 7 | German | bär | — |
| 8 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 9 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |