Where does “loğusa” come from?

loğusa (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish لخوسه, from Greek λεχώνα, from Byzantine Greek λεχώνα, from Ancient Greek λεχώ, from Ancient Greek λέχομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai — to lie down.

loğusa (Turkish): puerpera, a woman who has just given birth or who is recovering from childbirth

Definitions

  1. puerpera, a woman who has just given birth or who is recovering from childbirth

Ancestry of “loğusa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلخوسه—
2Greekλεχώναa woman who has just given birth or, at most,...
3Byzantine Greekλεχώνα—
4Ancient Greekλεχώa woman in childbed, or one who has just given...
5Ancient Greekλέχομαιto lie down
6Proto-Hellenic*lékʰomaito lie down
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai →Every word from Ancient Greek λέχομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek λεχώ →