Where does “marangoz” come from?
marangoz (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish مارانغوز, from Venetian marangon, from Latin mergonem, from Latin mergus, from Latin mergō, from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti, from Proto-Indo-European mesg- — to dip, sink.
marangoz (Turkish): carpenter
Ancestry of “marangoz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | مارانغوز | shipwright, ship’s carpenter; carpenter, joiner |
| 2 | Venetian | marangon | carpenter |
| 3 | Latin | mergonem | — |
| 4 | Latin | mergus | diver , a kind of waterfowl; vine-layer |
| 5 | Latin | mergō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *mésgeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mesg- | to dip, sink |