Where does “helak etmek” come from?

helak etmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish etmek, from Turkish yerle bir etmek — to destroy, to ruin.

helak etmek (Turkish): to kill, to eliminate

Definitions

  1. to kill, to eliminate

Ancestry of “helak etmek”, step by step

helak etmek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish etmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishetmekto do; to make; to equal
2Turkishyerle bir etmekto destroy, to ruin

via Turkish helak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhelakdying, killing, destroying, getting destroyed
2Arabicهَلَاكdying
Every word from Turkish yerle bir etmek →Every word from Turkish etmek →
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