Where does “uçaksavar” come from?

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

uçaksavar (Turkish): anti-aircraft artillery

Definitions

  1. anti-aircraft artillery

Ancestry of “uçaksavar”, step by step

uçaksavar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish uçak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishuçakaeroplane, airplane
2Turkishuçmakto fly
3Ottoman Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
4Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
5Proto-Turkicuč-to fly

via Turkish savmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsavmakto get rid
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč-Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمقEvery word from Ottoman Turkish اوچمق