Where does “sinek” come from?

sinek (Turkish) comes from English snake, from Middle English snake, from Old English snaca, from Proto-Germanic snakô, from Proto-Germanic snakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

sinek (Turkish): fly; playing card marked with the symbol ♣, clubs

Definitions

  1. fly; playing card marked with the symbol ♣, clubs

Ancestry of “sinek”, step by step

sinek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English snake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnakeA legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with...
2Middle Englishsnakesnake; serpent
3Old Englishsnacasnake
4Proto-Germanicsnakôsnake
5Proto-Germanicsnakanąto crawl
6Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing

via Ottoman Turkish سیڭك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishسیڭكfly, gnat, midge; ♣, clubs in card- and...
2Proto-Turkicsiŋekmosquito

Words derived from “sinek”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic snakô →