Where does “güvercin” come from?

güvercin (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كوكرجین, from Old Anatolian Turkish göğercin, from Proto-Turkic *kȫkerčin — dove, pigeon.

güvercin (Turkish): dove, pigeon

Definitions

  1. dove, pigeon

Ancestry of “güvercin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكوكرجینdove
2Old Anatolian Turkishgöğercin—
3Proto-Turkic*kȫkerčindove, pigeon
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kȫkerčin →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish göğercin →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كوكرجین →