Where does “uçak” come from?

uçak (Turkish) comes from Turkish uçmak, from Ottoman Turkish اوچمق, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

uçak (Turkish): aeroplane, airplane

Definitions

  1. aeroplane, airplane

Ancestry of “uçak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishuçmakto fly
2Ottoman Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
3Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
4Proto-Turkicuč-to fly

Words derived from “uçak”

Every word from Proto-Turkic uč- →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوچمق →
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