Where does “zannetmek” come from?

zannetmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish zan, from Arabic ظن, from Arabic ظَنَّ — to think, opine, conjecture.

zannetmek (Turkish): suppose

Definitions

  1. suppose

Ancestry of “zannetmek”, step by step

zannetmek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish zan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishzansuspicion, presumption, supposition
2Arabicظنto think, opine, suppose, conjecture; to doubt;...
3Arabicظَنَّto think, opine, conjecture

via Turkish etmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishetmekto do; to make; to equal
2Turkishyerle bir etmekto destroy, to ruin
Every word from Arabic ظَنَّ →Every word from Arabic ظن →Every word from Turkish zan →