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
Ancestry of “dağ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | داغ | mountain; sear, mark left by cauterization or... |
| 2 | Classical Persian | داغ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰégʷʰeti | to burn, to be burning |