Where does “dolmuş” come from?

dolmuş (Turkish) comes from Turkish dolmak, from Ottoman Turkish طولمق, from Proto-Turkic tol- — to get filled; to swell.

dolmuş (Turkish): dolmus; a shared vehicle in Turkey

Definitions

  1. dolmus; a shared vehicle in Turkey

Ancestry of “dolmuş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdolmakto be full
2Ottoman Turkishطولمقto get full, be filled; to fill, to become full
3Proto-Turkictol-to get filled; to swell

Words derived from “dolmuş”

Every word from Proto-Turkic tol- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طولمق →Every word from Turkish dolmak →
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