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Where does “yığmak” come from?

yığmak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ییغمق, from Proto-Turkic yïg- — to collect.

yığmak (Turkish): to heap, heap up, pile, pile up; to stack, stack...

Definitions

  1. to heap, heap up, pile, pile up; to stack, stack...

Ancestry of “yığmak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishییغمقto heap, pile, collect in a heap
2Proto-Turkicyïg-to collect

Words derived from “yığmak”

  • yığılmak
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