diaeresis (separation of a vowel into two distinct syllables) · diaeresis (name of the diacritic ¨)
çekim: çoğul diéreses
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-der.? Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō) Ancient Greek διαιρέω (diairéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (dĭaíresĭs)bor. Latin diaeresislbor. Portuguese…
gap between the upper front teeth, diastema · harelip · hiatus (two vowels in sequence without an intervening consonant)
çekim: çoğul séanais · tamlayan séanais
köken: Possibly from séan (“good luck”), due to the folkloric association between having a gap in the front teeth and good luck. (Compare French dents du bonheur, literally "teeth of happiness".)