Where does “kız böceği” come from?

kız böceği (Turkish) comes from Turkish kız, from Ottoman Turkish قیز, from Old Anatolian Turkish قِزْ, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ — girl; woman; ? red, dark thing.

Ancestry of “kız böceği”, step by step

kız böceği traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kız

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkızgirl; daughter; queen in card games
2Ottoman Turkishقیزgirl; daughter; queen in card games
3Old Anatolian Turkishقِزْ—
4Proto-Turkickï̄ŕgirl; woman; ? red, dark thing

via Turkish böcek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishböcekbug, insect; any small invertebrate animal
2Ottoman Turkishبوجكinsect, any arthropod in the Insecta class characterized by six legs
3Proto-Turkicbȫgček—
4Proto-Turkicbȫginsect; tarantula; a kind of spider; wolf-spider
Every word from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قِزْ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قیز →