Where does “twrcïod” come from?
twrcïod (Welsh) comes from Welsh twrci, from English Turkey, from Middle English Turkye, from Medieval Latin Turcia, from Latin Turcus, from Greek Τοῦρκος, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk' — Turk, Turkic people.
Ancestry of “twrcïod”, step by step
twrcïod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh twrci
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | twrci | turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) |
| 2 | English | Turkey | The guinea fowl (family Numididae) |
| 3 | Middle English | Turkye | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | Turcia | — |
| 5 | Latin | Turcus | Turk |
| 6 | Greek | Τοῦρκος | male Turk person from or who lives in Turkey |
| 7 | Persian | ترک | crack |
| 8 | Middle Persian | twlk' | — |
| 9 | Old Turkic | 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 | Turk |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | *tür(ü)k | Turk, Turkic people |
via Welsh od
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | od | odd, strange; odd |
| 2 | Middle English | odde | inflection of od: ## weak singular ## strong/weak... |
| 3 | Old Norse | oddi | odd, third or additional number; triangle |
| 4 | Old Norse | -i | th |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |