köken: From earlier barbetter (“to dig about”), from Middle French borbeter (“to shake in the mud”), of uncertain origin:. * Possibly from barbe (“beard”) + -oter * From bourbouter (“wading (in mud)”), from bourbe (“mud, mire”) * From an onomatopoeic root influenced by Latin ballus, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō, “to jump about”); this is also found in the second element of the genus Zygoballus *…
to get moist, to get damp · to water (of the eyes, to fill with tears due to irritation, pain etc.) · to benefit from [with elative], of e.g. a plot
çekim: geçmiş kostunut · şimdiki kostuu · ulaç kostuva
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kostudak, reflexive derivative kostaa + -ua, originally meaning “to return” (intransitive). The modern meaning is a result of contamination by the unrelated word kastua (“to get wet”), seemingly via an intermediate meaning “to return to usable condition by moistening”, e.g. of leather, wooden tools or dry bread.
çekim: ortaç lavātus · şimdiki lavat · ulaç lavāns
köken: From Proto-Italic *lawō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λούω (loúō), λοέω (loéō), Albanian laj, Old Armenian լոգանամ (loganam), and Old English lēaþor (English lather). Doublet with the later back-formed luō.