goal (result one is attempting to achieve) · goal (in the place, act, or point sense)
çekim: çoğul buts
eş: bouchon, cochonnet, petit
köken: From Middle French but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”); see butt. The semantic development from "mound" to "target" is likely from martial…
aile: but cadré, but contre son camp, but en argent, but en or, buter, buteur, buteuse, coup de pied de but, de but en blanc, deuxième but
motive (anything that prompts a choice of action) · motive (a reason for criminal behaviour) · recital (a numbered division unit of reasoning written in front of a statute)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin motivuslbor. Polish motyw Learned borrowing from Latin motivus.
topic, subject, theme · reason, cause, grounds, justification · motif (recurring or dominant element in a work of art)
çekim: çoğul aiheet · tamlayan aiheen
köken: Probably via metathesis from ajaa (“to drive, pursue”) + -e (*ajeh), "that which spurs or drives on" > "reason". May also be inspired by aie. Another theory proposes a borrowing from an earlier (Pre-Germanic) form of Proto-Germanic *aiz (“copper, bronze”) (like *ajes- → *aješ > *ajeh), but the semantics and distribution make this questionable.