Where does “soğan sineği” come from?
soğan sineği (Turkish) comes from Turkish sinek, 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.
soğan sineği (Turkish): onion maggot; onion fly
Definitions
- onion maggot; onion fly
Ancestry of “soğan sineği”, step by step
soğan sineği traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish sinek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | sinek | fly; playing card marked with the symbol ♣, clubs |
| 2 | English | snake | A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with... |
| 3 | Middle English | snake | snake; serpent |
| 4 | Old English | snaca | snake |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | snakô | snake |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | snakaną | to crawl |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sneg- | to crawl, creeping thing |