Where does “fındık kırmak” come from?
fındık kırmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish fındık, from Ottoman Turkish فندق, from Persian فندق, from Arabic فُنْدُق, from Middle Persian pndk', from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον, from Ancient Greek ποντικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.
fındık kırmak (Turkish): to mess around with women, to indulge in debauchery
Definitions
- to mess around with women, to indulge in debauchery
Ancestry of “fındık kırmak”, step by step
fındık kırmak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish fındık
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | fındık | hazelnut, filbert, the nutlike fruit of the tree Corylus avellana |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | فندق | hazelnut, filbert, the nutlike fruit of the tree Corylus avellana |
| 3 | Persian | فندق | hazelnut; inn |
| 4 | Arabic | فُنْدُق | inn, hotel; hotel; hotel; inn; manor house |
| 5 | Middle Persian | pndk' | hazelnut |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ποντικόν κάρυον | hazelnut |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ποντικός | Pontic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |