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Where does “düşmek” come from?

düşmek (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دوشمك, from Proto-Indo-European tus-, from Proto-Indo-European tu- — to swell; bird-cry, shriek.

düşmek (Turkish): to fall, fall down; to fall, drop, go down,...

Definitions

  1. to fall, fall down; to fall, drop, go down,...

Ancestry of “düşmek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدوشمكto fall; to collapse
2Proto-Indo-Europeantus-to empty
3Proto-Indo-Europeantu-to swell; bird-cry, shriek
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