Where does “diz boyu” come from?
diz boyu (Turkish) comes from Turkish boy, from Ottoman Turkish بوی, from Persian بوی, from Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫏.
diz boyu (Turkish): knee-length
Ancestry of “diz boyu”, step by step
diz boyu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish boy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | boy | stature; size; tribe, clan |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بوی | stature, height, length, size; tribe, clan;... |
| 3 | Persian | بوی | smell, scent |
| 4 | Middle Persian | 𐫁𐫇𐫏 | — |
via Turkish diz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | diz | knee; second-person singular imperative of dizmek |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | دیز | knee |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | tīŕ | knee |