Where does “yüzgeç” come from?

yüzgeç (Turkish) comes from Turkish yüzmek, from Ottoman Turkish یوزمك, from Proto-Turkic yüŕ-.

yüzgeç (Turkish): fin, flipper, pinna, one of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself

Definitions

  1. fin, flipper, pinna, one of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself

Ancestry of “yüzgeç”, step by step

yüzgeç traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yüzmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyüzmekto swim; to float; to skin, flay
2Ottoman Turkishیوزمكto swim, float; to skin, flay
3Proto-Turkicyüŕ-—

via Turkish gaç

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishgaç—
Every word from Proto-Turkic yüŕ- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یوزمك →Every word from Turkish yüzmek →
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