Where does “dirsek” come from?
dirsek (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دیرسك, from Old Turkic tirsgek, from Proto-Turkic tīŕ — knee.
dirsek (Turkish): elbow
Ancestry of “dirsek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دیرسك | — |
| 2 | Old Turkic | tirsgek | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | tīŕ | knee |