Where does “hepçil” come from?

hepçil (Turkish) comes from Turkish çil, from Ottoman Turkish چیل, from Proto-Turkic *čïl.

hepçil (Turkish): omnivore

Definitions

  1. omnivore

Ancestry of “hepçil”, step by step

hepçil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçilfreckle; scintillation; shining
2Ottoman Turkishچیلbright, shiny, brilliant, emitting much light
3Proto-Turkic*čïl—

via Turkish hep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhepaltogether; always
2Ottoman Turkishهپall
Every word from Proto-Turkic *čïl →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چیل →Every word from Turkish çil →