Where does “dağ” come from?

dağ (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish داغ, from Classical Persian داغ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti — to burn, to be burning.

dağ (Turkish): mountain

Definitions

  1. mountain

Ancestry of “dağ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishداغmountain; sear, mark left by cauterization or...
2Classical Persianداغ—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰégʷʰetito burn, to be burning

Words derived from “dağ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti →Every word from Classical Persian داغ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish داغ →