Quantcast
Channel: Mavi Boncuk
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 3499

Word origin | Zikzak, Kasis

$
0
0
Mavi Boncuk |
Zikzak: zigzag EN[1][ Tıngır & Sinapian, Istılahat Lugati, 1892] Zigzag [Fr.]: zikzak, dolambaç. fromFR ziczac/zigzag kırık çizgi, kırık çizgide hareket etme (possibly onomatopoeic)


Kasis: [ TDK, Türkçe Sözlük, 2. Baskı, 1955] kasis: Bir yolun bir yanından öbür yanına geçen hark. fromFR cassis[2] yol kırığı, yolda hız kesmek amacıyla yapılan enine keski fromFR casser kırmak oldL. quassare [freq.] L. quatere, quass- darbe vurmak, çarpmak, kırmak  IE *kʷət- IE *kʷēt- sarsmak, çarpmak, kırmak

[1] zig-zag (n.) also zigzag, 1712, from French zigzag (1670s), perhaps from German Zickzack (though this is attested only from 1703), possibly a reduplication of Zacke "tooth, prong."[3] Earliest use in German is in reference to military siege approaches. Originally in English used to describe the layout of certain garden paths. As an adjective from 1750; the verb is recorded from 1774. The brand of cigarette paper is from 1909. Related: Zig-zagged; zig-zagging.

[2] Cassis: masculine noun (= fruit) blackcurrant [de route] (= creux) dip (= bosse) bump 

[3] die Zacke Pl.: die Zacken jag, blip, indentation, cusp EN- Zahnrad:gear

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 3499

Trending Articles