Where does “say” come from?

say (Turkish) comes from Turkish saymak, from Ottoman Turkish صایمق, from Proto-Turkic sā- — to think, count, regard; to think, count; to...

say (Turkish): second-person singular imperative of saymak

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of saymak

Ancestry of “say”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsaymakto count, carry out counting; to count, make a...
2Ottoman Turkishصایمقto count, take into account, consider, respect,...
3Proto-Turkicsā-to think, count, regard; to think, count; to...
Every word from Proto-Turkic sā- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish صایمق →Every word from Turkish saymak →