Where does “dörtköşe” come from?

dörtköşe (Turkish) comes from Turkish dört, from Ottoman Turkish درت, from Proto-Turkic dȫrt, from Proto-Turkic *tȫrt — four.

dörtköşe (Turkish): delightful; joyful

Definitions

  1. delightful; joyful

Ancestry of “dörtköşe”, step by step

dörtköşe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish dört

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdörtfour
2Ottoman Turkishدرتfour
3Proto-Turkicdȫrtfour
4Proto-Turkic*tȫrtfour

via Crimean Tatar köşe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarköşecorner, angle
2Ottoman Turkishكوشهcorner
3Persianگوشهcorner; angle; gusheh, dastgah, maqam
4Middle Persiangwšk'spy; corner
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tȫrt →Every word from Proto-Turkic dȫrt →Every word from Ottoman Turkish درت →