Where does “gelişigüzel” come from?

gelişigüzel (Turkish) comes from Turkish güzel, from Ottoman Turkish كوزل, from Old Anatolian Turkish كُوزَلْ, from Hungarian közel — near; nearly; vicinity, near.

gelişigüzel (Turkish): random, haphazard

Definitions

  1. random, haphazard

Ancestry of “gelişigüzel”, step by step

gelişigüzel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish güzel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishgüzelbeautiful; nice; beauty
2Ottoman Turkishكوزلbeautiful, pretty
3Old Anatolian Turkishكُوزَلْ—
4Hungarianközelnear; nearly; vicinity, near

via Turkish geliş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishgeliş—
Every word from Hungarian közel →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish كُوزَلْ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كوزل →