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
Ancestry of “sıkıntı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | صیقندی | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | صیقمق | to squeeze |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | sik- | to copulate; penis; to copulate |