Where does “kassızlık” come from?

kassızlık (Turkish) comes from Turkish kassız, from Turkish kaş, from Turkish kasmak, from Proto-Turkic K(i)as- — to constrict, tighten.

kassızlık (Turkish): The state of being muscleless

Definitions

  1. The state of being muscleless

Ancestry of “kassızlık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkassızmuscleless
2Turkishkaşeyebrow
3Turkishkasmakto stretch, tight, tighten, contract, strain,...
4Proto-TurkicK(i)as-to constrict, tighten
Every word from Proto-Turkic K(i)as- →Every word from Turkish kasmak →Every word from Turkish kaş →