Where does “sayım” come from?

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

sayım (Turkish): enumeration; tally; inventory

Definitions

  1. enumeration; tally; inventory

Ancestry of “sayım”, 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 صایمقEvery word from Turkish saymak