nautical traffic sign or buoy · a kind of road sign(s), used in Germany e.g. at level crossings
çekim: çoğul Baken · tamlayan Baken
köken: 17th century, from Middle Low German bāke, from Old Frisian bāken, from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Cognate with Dutch baak, English beacon.
köken: From Middle Dutch baken, from Old Frisian bāken. Displaced Middle Dutch boken, from Old Dutch *bōkan. Both forms originate from Proto-Germanic *baukną.
top, peak, summit · climax, culmination, apex, vertex · one of the best in their field
çekim: çoğul huiput · tamlayan huipun
köken: Probably from hui (“spool”), like dialectal huitti, huittu "peak, top". The -pp- may be from suippo, suippu. A sound-symbolic blend is possible.
top of a conical structure, heap or mountain · top or crown of the head · top or highest point of any standing object or structure
çekim: çoğul crutos
köken: Attested since the 12th century, in Latin charters. Probably from a substrate language; compare Proto-Celtic *kruttos (“round object”): Welsh crwth (“hump, hunch”). Compare Portuguese coruto and Asturian corollu.
head, skull · the upper end or highest part of anything, top, peak, summit, pinnacle, acme · the forepart or van (of an army)
çekim: çoğul शिरां॑सि · tamlayan शिर॑सः
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os ~ ḱŕ̥h₂-es- Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has Sanskrit शिर॑स् Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os ~ ḱŕ̥h₂-es-, from *ḱerh₂-, possibly from *ḱer- + *-h₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀 (sāra), Persian سر (sar), Latin cerebrum.