Where does “oto yıkama” come from?

oto yıkama (Turkish) comes from Turkish oto, from French auto, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

oto yıkama (Turkish): car wash

Definitions

  1. car wash

Ancestry of “oto yıkama”, step by step

oto yıkama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish oto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishotoClipping of otomobil
2Frenchautocar
3Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
4Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
5Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
6Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Turkish yıkamak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyıkamakto wash
2Ottoman Turkishیایقامقto wash
3Old Turkicyayka-to shake, rinse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe