Where does “kartal” come from?

kartal (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قرتال, from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci — char, that has been burned and charred.

kartal (Turkish): eagle

Definitions

  1. eagle

Ancestry of “kartal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقرتالeagle, any of several birds of prey in the subfamily Aquilinae
2Proto-Kartveliankart-eastern Georgia, Georgians
3FinnishkärsiThird-person singular indicative past form of...
4Proto-Finnickarcichar, that has been burned and charred

Words derived from “kartal”

Every word from Proto-Finnic karci →Every word from Finnish kärsi →Every word from Proto-Kartvelian kart- →