Where does “dişbudak” come from?
dişbudak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دیش بوداق, from Ottoman Turkish بوداق, from Old Anatolian Turkish بوداق, from Old Turkic butaq, from Proto-Turkic *būta- — to cut branches.
dişbudak (Turkish): ash tree; Fraxinus ornus
Definitions
- ash tree; Fraxinus ornus
Ancestry of “dişbudak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دیش بوداق | ash tree, any deciduous tree of the genus Fraxinus, with compound leaves and a tough, flexible wood |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بوداق | shoot, the emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | بوداق | branch, the woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing |
| 4 | Old Turkic | butaq | — |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | *būta- | to cut branches |