threshold, doorsill, sill, doorstep (lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter) · ridge (an angular, often rectangular, projection that in some way serves a purpose similar to that of a threshold) · threshold (limit, boundary or point important for determining whether something happens or not)
çekim: çoğul kynnykset · tamlayan kynnyksen
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kündüs (compare Estonian künnis, Ingrian kynnys, Karelian kynnyš, Veps künduz, Votic čünnüz), possibly an old derivation from kynsi (“(finger)nail”) (compare Erzya кенкш (kenkš, “door”), possibly from кенже (kenže, “(finger)nail”), which is akin to kynsi).
köken: From Old Church Slavonic прагъ (pragŭ), Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porgos.
Etimoloji
From Middle High German drempel (“threshold”), either belonging to the words Treppe, trampeln etc. for which see Polish drabina, or to Middle High German drëmel (“bar”) from Old High German dremil, tremil (“bar”), German Dremel, Tremmel (“bar”).