Where does “kelime oyunu” come from?

kelime oyunu (Turkish) comes from Turkish oyun, from Ottoman Turkish اویون, from Proto-Turkic *ōyun, from Proto-Turkic oy- — to play, jump; to play; to jump.

kelime oyunu (Turkish): pun, wordplay

Definitions

  1. pun, wordplay

Ancestry of “kelime oyunu”, step by step

kelime oyunu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish oyun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishoyungenitive singular of oy; second-person singular...
2Ottoman Turkishاویونgame; performance, play; trick, ruse, deception
3Proto-Turkic*ōyungame
4Proto-Turkicoy-to play, jump; to play; to jump

via Turkish kelime

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkelimeword
2Ottoman Turkishكلمهword
3Arabicكَلِمَةword
Every word from Proto-Turkic oy- →