Where does “yamyamlık” come from?

yamyamlık (Turkish) comes from Turkish yamyam, from Ottoman Turkish یامیام.

yamyamlık (Turkish): cannibalism

Definitions

  1. cannibalism

Ancestry of “yamyamlık”, step by step

yamyamlık traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yamyam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyamyamcannibal
2Ottoman Turkishیامیام—

via Turkish lık

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishlık—
Every word from Ottoman Turkish یامیام →Every word from Turkish yamyam →