Where does “kazık kadar” come from?

kazık kadar (Turkish) comes from Turkish kadar, from Ottoman Turkish قدر, from Old Anatolian Turkish قَدَرْ, from Classical Persian قدر, from Arabic قَدْر — value, worth; quantity, amount, size.

kazık kadar (Turkish): (of a person) gigantic, colossal

Definitions

  1. (of a person) gigantic, colossal

Ancestry of “kazık kadar”, step by step

kazık kadar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kadar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkadarextent; quantity
2Ottoman Turkishقدرas much as
3Old Anatolian Turkishقَدَرْ
4Classical Persianقدر
5Arabicقَدْرvalue, worth; quantity, amount, size

via Turkish kazık

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishkazıkA strong wooden or iron shaft, pointed at one end, driven into the ground for support, for tying a tether to or as a marker; a stake, pole or post
2Ottoman Turkishقازیقstake, picket, pale
3Proto-Turkic*kaŕguk
4Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out
Every word from Arabic قَدْرEvery word from Classical Persian قدرEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish قَدَرْ