Where does “saç” come from?

saç (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ساج, from Proto-Turkic siāč — tin, pan; white copper, tin, pan.

saç (Turkish): hair; second-person singular imperative of saçmak

Definitions

  1. hair; second-person singular imperative of saçmak

Ancestry of “saç”, step by step

saç traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ساج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishساجpan; teak tree and wood
2Proto-Turkicsiāčtin, pan; white copper, tin, pan

via Ottoman Turkish صاچ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصاچhair; alternative form of ساج
2Proto-Turkicsačhair

Words derived from “saç”

Every word from Proto-Turkic siāč →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ساج →