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Where does “kesilmek” come from?

kesilmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish kesmek, from Ottoman Turkish كسمك, from Proto-Turkic *kes-.

kesilmek (Turkish): to be cut; to be cut off, to be interrupted

Definitions

  1. to be cut; to be cut off, to be interrupted

Ancestry of “kesilmek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkesmekto cut; to cut off, interrupt; to stop
2Ottoman Turkishكسمكto cut; to sever; to slice
3Proto-Turkic*kes-—
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