Where does “vişneçürüğü” come from?

vişneçürüğü (Turkish) comes from Turkish vişne, from Ottoman Turkish وشنه, from Proto-Slavic višьňa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wéiśinjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱs- — mistletoe.

vişneçürüğü (Turkish): The color of a rotten or rotting sour cherry, a dark brown-purplish red tone

Definitions

  1. The color of a rotten or rotting sour cherry, a dark brown-purplish red tone

Ancestry of “vişneçürüğü”, step by step

vişneçürüğü traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish vişne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishvişnesour cherry
2Ottoman Turkishوشنهsour cherry
3Proto-Slavicvišьňasour cherry; cherry
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*wéiśinjāˀ—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyḱs-mistletoe

via Turkish çürük

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishçürükRotten, spoilt, decaying
2Ottoman Turkishچوروكrotten, spoilt, sare, frush, decayed, no longer usable or edible
3Bashkirčirik—
4Bashkirčiri-—
5Proto-Turkicčẹrrot; disease; rotten, foul; to rot; illness;...
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