Where does “buzdolabı” come from?
buzdolabı (Turkish) comes from Turkish dolap, from Ottoman Turkish طولاب, from Persian دولاب, from Persian دو, from Italian do, from Italian doni, from Italian dono, from Latin dōnum.
buzdolabı (Turkish): refrigerator
Definitions
- refrigerator
Ancestry of “buzdolabı”, step by step
buzdolabı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish dolap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | dolap | closet |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طولاب | thing which turns round, such as a water wheel or a treadmill |
| 3 | Persian | دولاب | cupboard; closet; water wheel; draw-well |
| 4 | Persian | دو | two; doogh, a carbonated or non-carbonated... |
| 5 | Italian | do | first-person singular indicative present of dare;... |
| 6 | Italian | doni | plural of dono; second-person singular present... |
| 7 | Italian | dono | gift; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | dōnum | gift, present |
| 9 | Turkish | dönmek | to turn; to return; to rotate |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | دونمك | to turn around; to turn |
| 11 | Old Turkic | ton- | — |
| 12 | English | Hyun | — |
| 13 | Korean | 현 | 現: current; present; 絃: string |
| 14 | Chinese | 玄 | — |
via Turkish büz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | büz | a large-sized water pipe generally made of... |
| 2 | French | buse | hawk or buzzard; idiot, fool; fail |
| 3 | Old French | buison | bush |
| 4 | Old French | bois | woodland; woods |
| 5 | Frankish | busk | bush; bush, thicket |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |