Where does “yüreği ağzına gelmek” come from?

yüreği ağzına gelmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish gelmek, from Ottoman Turkish گلمك, from Ottoman Turkish كلمك, from Proto-Turkic *kẹl- — to come.

yüreği ağzına gelmek (Turkish): to be suddenly frightened

Definitions

  1. to be suddenly frightened

Ancestry of “yüreği ağzına gelmek”, step by step

yüreği ağzına gelmek traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish gelmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishgelmekto come, move closer; to weigh
2Ottoman Turkishگلمكto come; to arrive; to result
3Ottoman Turkishكلمكto come
4Proto-Turkic*kẹl-to come

via Turkish ağız

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishağızmouth; accent; colostrum
2Ottoman Turkishآغزmouth; aperture, orifice; colostrum, the first...
3Old Anatolian Turkishآغِزْ—
4Proto-Turkicāgïŕ—

via Turkish yürek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyürekheart
2Ottoman Turkishیوركheart, a muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion
3Old Turkicyürek—
4Proto-Turkicyürekheart
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kẹl- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كلمك →Every word from Ottoman Turkish گلمك →