Where does “küfretmek” come from?

küfretmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish küfür, from Ottoman Turkish كفر, from Arabic كُفْر, from Arabic ف, from Arabic نَفِدَ — to run out, to give out.

küfretmek (Turkish): To swear, to curse

Definitions

  1. To swear, to curse

Ancestry of “küfretmek”, step by step

küfretmek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish küfür

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishküfürblasphemy
2Ottoman Turkishكفرdisbelief, incredulity, the inability to believe that something is the case
3Arabicكُفْرpitch, tar
4Arabicفthen, and then; and so, thus, hence, therefore;...
5Arabicنَفِدَto run out, to give out

via Turkish etmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishetmekto do; to make; to equal
2Turkishyerle bir etmekto destroy, to ruin
Every word from Arabic نَفِدَEvery word from Arabic فEvery word from Arabic كُفْر