Where does “sarışınlık” come from?
sarışınlık (Turkish) comes from Turkish sarışın, from Turkish sarı, from Ottoman Turkish صاری, from Old English sāriġ, from Proto-Germanic sairagaz, from Proto-Germanic sairą, from Proto-Germanic sairaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro- — to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind.
sarışınlık (Turkish): blondness
Ancestry of “sarışınlık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | sarışın | blond, blonde |
| 2 | Turkish | sarı | yellow; blond; pale, pallid, wan |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | صاری | yellow |
| 4 | Old English | sāriġ | feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sairagaz | sad; saddened; grieved; sorry |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sairą | wound; sore |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sairaz | sore, painful |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂yro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂y- | to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind |