Where does “saç fırçası” come from?
saç fırçası (Turkish) comes from Turkish saç, from Ottoman Turkish ساج, from Proto-Turkic siāč — tin, pan; white copper, tin, pan.
saç fırçası (Turkish): hairbrush
Ancestry of “saç fırçası”, step by step
saç fırçası traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish saç
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | saç | hair; second-person singular imperative of saçmak |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ساج | pan; teak tree and wood |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | siāč | tin, pan; white copper, tin, pan |
via Turkish fırça
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | fırça | brush |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | فرچه | brush, oblong bristle implement for cleaning |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | βρούτσα | brush |