Where does “birer ikişer” come from?

birer ikişer (Turkish) comes from Turkish bir, from Ottoman Turkish بر, from Old Anatolian Turkish بر, from Proto-Turkic bīr — one.

birer ikişer (Turkish): by ones or twos, a few at a time

Definitions

  1. by ones or twos, a few at a time

Ancestry of “birer ikişer”, step by step

birer ikişer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish bir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbira, an; some; mono
2Ottoman Turkishبرa, an; one
3Old Anatolian Turkishبرa, an; one
4Proto-Turkicbīrone

via Turkish iki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishikitwo
2Old Turkicäki—
3Proto-Turkicẹk(k)itwo
Every word from Proto-Turkic bīr →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بر →