Where does “dağlık” come from?
dağlık (Turkish) comes from Turkish dağ, from Ottoman Turkish داغ, from Classical Persian داغ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti — to burn, to be burning.
dağlık (Turkish): mountainous
Ancestry of “dağlık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | dağ | mountain |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | داغ | mountain; sear, mark left by cauterization or... |
| 3 | Classical Persian | داغ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰégʷʰeti | to burn, to be burning |