Where does “sıfırdan” come from?
sıfırdan (Turkish) comes from Turkish sıfır, from Ottoman Turkish صفر, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
sıfırdan (Turkish): from scratch, from beginning
Definitions
- from scratch, from beginning
Ancestry of “sıfırdan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | sıfır | zero |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | صفر | zero; nought, naught, zero; Safar |
| 3 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |