Where does “pürçek” come from?

pürçek (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish پورچك, from Proto-Turkic *bürçek, from Proto-Turkic *bur-.

pürçek (Turkish): curl, ringlet, any curving piece or lock of hair

Definitions

  1. curl, ringlet, any curving piece or lock of hair

Ancestry of “pürçek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishپورچكcurl, ringlet, any curving piece or lock of hair
2Proto-Turkic*bürçek—
3Proto-Turkic*bur-—

Words derived from “pürçek”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *bur- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *bürçek →Every word from Ottoman Turkish پورچك →