Where does “sığır” come from?
sığır (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish صیغیر, from Old Anatolian Turkish صغر, from Proto-Turkic *sïgïr.
sığır (Turkish): cattle
Ancestry of “sığır”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | صیغیر | — |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | صغر | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *sïgïr | — |