here you can see 31 words I have found by
www.etymonline.com
In many cases I have read by
www.etymonline.com
"a word with uncertain etymology"
and in a few "perhaps...".
I took my time and sought for a solution. Maybe I have success for many or a few.
Here you can check my proposals out:
English | Meaning | Turkish | Meaning | Other info |
pash | head | baş (ş=sh) | head | |
teg | sheep in its 2. year | teke | male goat/male sheep | versions in Turkish: tegge, taga |
tunic | a dress | ton | a dress | old version: tong |
lackey | running footman | ulak | running footman | ulağ |
shun (old version scunian) | to avoid | sakın- | to avoid | |
German gäu/gau | village, big village | köy | village | Ancient Turkish: üy: house, acc. to Kazim Mirsan Öküy: many houses. Greek oi = üy? |
imbecile | weak, feeble | besili | having food | besle- = to feed |
WAUL of „caterwaul“ | cry of a cat | ağla- (read it like aahlo) | to cry | Old version : yığla- |
tutor | guardian | tut- verb tutar noun | tut- to arrest | tut- to grab, to take… |
oak | tree | ağaç | tree | Old English ac "oak tree" |
hatch | opening, grated gate, half-door | aç- | to open, | açar: key |
kex | dry, hollow plant stem | kök | root | kök: fundament |
gewgaw | contemptour reduplication | gev- | to chew | kevek: hay, straw. |
odo-meter | odo- a way, path; with uncertain etymology | adım | step | at- : to throw (Ancient Turkish) |
carapace | upper shell of a turtle | Kurbağa | frog | kur: ridge, baka: frog. Kaplu-baka: tortoise |
burgeon | blossom, sprout | bur-, burcu: nice odour | to smell | burgeon: from Latin burra: flock of wool. Turkish: bur- (ver) to twist wool |
chop (verb) | to cut with a quick blow | kop- | to leave the mass, to move | French coper: to cut, cut off <= Turkish kopar: to disconnect, part |
ridge, Old English hrycg | the back of man | arka, kuru (look at carapace) | the back of man | German Rücken= Arka? |
lie (verb) | speak falsely | yalan | speak falsely | old versions: liagan, legan, German lügen have a similarity with the Ancient Turkish word yalgan meaning to lie. |
acacia | a type of tree | ağaç | tree | Ancient Turkish version: yığaç. oak, too? |
worth | valuable | ağır, değer | valuable | Ancient Turkish teg-: to be equal. (Tegir the old version of değer) |
earl | noble man, warrior | er | man, warrior | erilaz, jarlar are all similar to er/erler (erler: plural of er) |
kid | young of a goat | keçi | goat | Ancient Version: eçkü. Old German kizzi is similar o kiyiz, goat in Bashkirtish, Krimtatarish, etc. |
jacket | short garment for men | yaka, caka, caga, jağa | collar | |
dig (verb) | to make a ditch | dik- | to plant, to fasten | Proto Germanic dik-, to stick, fix |
oat | gras | ot | gras | Turkish versions are available like oot |
hit (verb) | to strike | it- | to strike, to hit | Proto Germanic hitjan |
order | body of persons living under a religious discipline | ordu | the army | German Ordnung, Orden |
God | deity | kut | plentifulness, happiness, | Proto Germanic guthan, PIE ghut: that which is invoked |
cunt | female intercrural foramen | kın (Read it like counn) | scabbard | Latin cuneus and cunnus have uncertain origin, too. |
cluck | cry of a hen | çulluk | woodcock |
By many of these words the Turkish words could have shaped or manipulated the Indoeuropean/Old German words through a very long neighborhood.
Uzunbacak Adem
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