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Where does “dalgalandırmak” come from?

dalgalandırmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish dalgalanmak, from Turkish dalga, from Ottoman Turkish طالغه, from Old Anatolian Turkish طلغه, from Proto-Turkic tolkun, from Proto-Turkic tolku- — to get disturbed.

dalgalandırmak (Turkish): to undulate

Definitions

  1. to undulate

Ancestry of “dalgalandırmak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdalgalanmakto undulate
2Turkishdalgawave; thingumabob, thingamajig, thingummy, etc
3Ottoman Turkishطالغهwave, a regular movement in water; wave as a...
4Old Anatolian Turkishطلغه—
5Proto-Turkictolkunwave
6Proto-Turkictolku-to get disturbed
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