Where does “zararsız” come from?

zararsız (Turkish) comes from Turkish zarar, from Ottoman Turkish ضرر, from Arabic ضَرَر — damage, injury.

zararsız (Turkish): harmless; inoffensive; innocent

Definitions

  1. harmless; inoffensive; innocent

Ancestry of “zararsız”, step by step

zararsız traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish zarar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishzarardamage
2Ottoman Turkishضررdamage, injury, detriment, harm, the condition or measure of something not being intact
3Arabicضَرَرdamage, injury

via Turkish sız

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsızyou (plural subject pronoun: the group being addressed); you guys, y'all
2Ottoman Turkishسزye, you
3Proto-Turkicsiŕyou; ye

via Crimean Tatar zarar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarzarar—
Every word from Arabic ضَرَر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ضرر →Every word from Turkish zarar →