Where does “kırkayak” come from?
kırkayak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قرق آیاق — centipede, any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
kırkayak (Turkish): centipede, millipede
Definitions
- centipede, millipede
Ancestry of “kırkayak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قرق آیاق | centipede, any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total |