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Where does “uçarken” come from?

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

uçarken (Turkish): on the fly; while flying

Definitions

  1. on the fly; while flying

Ancestry of “uçarken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishuçmakto fly
2Ottoman Turkishاوچمق—
3Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
4Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
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