Where does “sıyırmak” come from?

sıyırmak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish صییرمق, from Proto-Turkic *sïdïr- — to rub off, peel off.

sıyırmak (Turkish): to graze, skin, scrape, skin off; to peel off,...

Definitions

  1. to graze, skin, scrape, skin off; to peel off,...

Ancestry of “sıyırmak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصییرمقto skin
2Proto-Turkic*sïdïr-to rub off, peel off
Every word from Proto-Turkic *sïdïr- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish صییرمق →