a series of repeating events · cycle (complete rotation) · a level of pre-university education
çekim: çoğul ciclos
köken: Borrowed from Late Latin cyclus (“cycle”), from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Doublet of chacra.
loop, noose, a simple knot · a U-shaped fastener made of metal
çekim: çoğul aasad · tamlayan aasa
köken: From Proto-Finnic *ansa, from a Baltic language. Compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”) and Latvian osa. Cognate to Finnish ansa and Votic aasa (Kattila, Mati).
From Middle High German slöufe, from Old High German sloufa, from Proto-West Germanic *slaupijā. Cognate with Dutch sloop (“pillowcase”). Doublet of Schlaufe (“strap, noose”). Schleife exhibits unrounding, while Schlaufe exhibits Upper German lack of umlaut before a labial. The West Germanic noun is denominal to the verb at hand in Old High German sloufen, causative of sliofan (whence archaic…