Where does “sınır” come from?

sınır (Turkish) comes from Arabic سنور, from Ancient Greek σύνορον, from Ancient Greek σύνορος, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos, from Proto-Indo-European werw-.

sınır (Turkish): border

Definitions

  1. border

Ancestry of “sınır”, step by step

sınır traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic سنور

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسنورcat
2Ancient Greekσύνορονborder, boundary, limit; frontier
3Ancient Greekσύνοροςconterminous with, neighboring, bordering
4Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
5Proto-Hellenicwórwos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-—

via Ottoman Turkish سڭیر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishسڭیر—
2Proto-Turkicsiŋirsinew

Words derived from “sınır”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werw- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wórwos →Every word from Ancient Greek ὅρος →