Where does “tanıklık etmek” come from?

tanıklık etmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish tanıklık, from Ottoman Turkish طانقلق, from Ottoman Turkish -لق — -ness.

tanıklık etmek (Turkish): to witness

Definitions

  1. to witness

Ancestry of “tanıklık etmek”, step by step

tanıklık etmek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish tanıklık

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtanıklıkthe state or property of being a witness
2Ottoman Turkishطانقلقtestimony, witness, the attestation of a first-hand fact, event, or experience
3Ottoman Turkish-لق-ness

via Turkish etmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishetmekto do; to make; to equal
2Turkishyerle bir etmekto destroy, to ruin
Every word from Ottoman Turkish -لق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طانقلق →Every word from Turkish tanıklık →
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