Where does “sıkıntı” come from?

sıkıntı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish صیقندی, from Ottoman Turkish صیقمق, from Proto-Turkic sik- — to copulate; penis; to copulate.

sıkıntı (Turkish): tedium; trouble; problem

Definitions

  1. tedium; trouble; problem

Ancestry of “sıkıntı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصیقندیanything expressed as juice, oil, etc
2Ottoman Turkishصیقمقto squeeze
3Proto-Turkicsik-to copulate; penis; to copulate
Every word from Proto-Turkic sik- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish صیقمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish صیقندی →