Where does “kanlı bıçaklı” come from?
kanlı bıçaklı (Turkish) comes from Turkish kanlı, from Ottoman Turkish قانلی, from Ottoman Turkish قان, from Proto-Turkic *kān — blood.
kanlı bıçaklı (Turkish): at daggers drawn, extremely hostile with someone
Definitions
- at daggers drawn, extremely hostile with someone
Ancestry of “kanlı bıçaklı”, step by step
kanlı bıçaklı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish kanlı
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kanlı | bloody |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قانلی | bloody |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | قان | blood |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *kān | blood |
via Turkish bıçaklı
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | bıçaklı | — |