Where does “kaplumbağa” come from?
kaplumbağa (Turkish) comes from Turkish bağa, from Proto-Turkic *bāka.
kaplumbağa (Turkish): turtle, tortoise
Ancestry of “kaplumbağa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | bağa | frog, turtle |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *bāka | — |