Where does “kısır” come from?

kısır (Turkish) comes from Arabic كسرة, from Arabic كَسَر, from Arabic س, from Arabic سَوْفَ — {{qualifier|future tense marker}}.

kısır (Turkish): sterile, fruitless, infertile

Definitions

  1. sterile, fruitless, infertile

Ancestry of “kısır”, step by step

kısır traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic كسرة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكسرةkasra; instance noun of كَسَرَ; fragment
2Arabicكَسَرto break
3Arabicسwill
4Arabicسَوْفَ{{qualifier|future tense marker}}

via Ottoman Turkish قیصیر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقیصیرsterile, barren, infertile, infecund, unable to reproduce
2Old Anatolian Turkishقصیرinfertile, barren
3Proto-Turkic*kïsïrinfertile, sterile

Words derived from “kısır

Every word from Arabic سَوْفَEvery word from Arabic سEvery word from Arabic كَسَر