Where does “kayışkıran” come from?
kayışkıran (Turkish) comes from Turkish kırmak, from Ottoman Turkish قیرمق, from Proto-Turkic kïr- — to break, to demolish; to scrape, to shave.
kayışkıran (Turkish): restharrow, any of various species of small, flowering shrubs in the genus Ononis
Definitions
- restharrow, any of various species of small, flowering shrubs in the genus Ononis
Ancestry of “kayışkıran”, step by step
kayışkıran traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish kırmak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kırmak | to break; to hurt someone's feelings |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قیرمق | to break, fracture, crack, to separate into two or more pieces under force, stress, or pressure |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kïr- | to break, to demolish; to scrape, to shave |
via Ottoman Turkish قایش قیران
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قایش قیران | restharrow, any of various species of small, flowering shrubs in the genus Ononis |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قیران | breaking, fracturing, cracking, that breaks, fractures, or cracks |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ـان | — |