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Where does “yontulmak” come from?

yontulmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish yontmak, from Ottoman Turkish یونتمق, from Proto-Turkic *yōn-.

yontulmak (Turkish): to be chiseled; to be hacked; to be pared

Definitions

  1. to be chiseled; to be hacked; to be pared

Ancestry of “yontulmak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyontmakto shape sth. by cutting it; to chisel; to hew;...
2Ottoman Turkishیونتمقto cut and chip, to pare down
3Proto-Turkic*yōn-—
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