Where does “hamam böceği” come from?
hamam böceği (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish حمام بوجكی, from Ottoman Turkish بوجك, from Proto-Turkic bȫgček, from Proto-Turkic bȫg — insect; tarantula; a kind of spider; wolf-spider.
hamam böceği (Turkish): cockroach
Definitions
- cockroach
Ancestry of “hamam böceği”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | حمام بوجكی | cockroach, any winged insect of the order Blattodea |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بوجك | insect, any arthropod in the Insecta class characterized by six legs |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | bȫgček | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | bȫg | insect; tarantula; a kind of spider; wolf-spider |