Where does “bilgilendirmek” come from?

bilgilendirmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish bilgi, from Crimean Tatar bilmek, from Proto-Turkic bil-, from Ottoman Turkish بالـ, from Arabic ب, from Arabic طَابَق, from Middle Persian tʾp̄k', from Proto-Iranian tāpaka- — to be warm, be hot.

bilgilendirmek (Turkish): to inform, to let know (to act as an informer)

Definitions

  1. to inform, to let know (to act as an informer)

Ancestry of “bilgilendirmek”, step by step

bilgilendirmek traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish bilgi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbilgiknowledge, information
2Crimean Tatarbilmekto know
3Proto-Turkicbil-to know
4Ottoman TurkishبالـDerives adverbs from Arabic nouns
5ArabicبAbbreviation of باب; with, by; with
6Arabicطَابَق
7Middle Persiantʾp̄k'frying pan
8Proto-Iraniantāpaka-heater {{non-gloss definition|or}} baking place...
9Proto-Iraniantap-to warm up, heat; flat
10Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot

via Turkish mek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishmek

via Turkish len

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishlen

Words derived from “bilgilendirmek

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tep-