Where does “girmek” come from?
girmek (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish گیرمك, from Old Turkic kır-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
girmek (Turkish): to enter
Ancestry of “girmek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | گیرمك | — |
| 2 | Old Turkic | kır- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |