Where does “kış uykusu” come from?

kış uykusu (Turkish) comes from Turkish uyku, from Ottoman Turkish اویقو, from Proto-Turkic *ūdïku, from Proto-Turkic ūdï-, from Proto-Turkic ū — sleep.

kış uykusu (Turkish): hibernation

Definitions

  1. hibernation

Ancestry of “kış uykusu”, step by step

kış uykusu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish uyku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishuykusleep
2Ottoman Turkishاویقوsleep, the state of reduced consciousness during which a person or animal rests
3Proto-Turkic*ūdïkusleep
4Proto-Turkicūdï-to sleep
5Proto-Turkicūsleep

via Turkish kış

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkışwinter
2Ottoman Turkishقیشwinter
3Proto-Turkic*kïĺ—

Words derived from “kış uykusu”

Every word from Proto-Turkic ū →Every word from Proto-Turkic ūdï- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *ūdïku →