köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic крьстъ (krĭstŭ), from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ. Doublet of Христо́с (Xristós) and крёст (krjost), the inherited East Slavic form.
köken: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒁇 (ṣalāpu)bor. Aramaic צְלִיבָא (ṣəlīḇā)bor. Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb)bor. Classical Persian صَلِیب (salīb)bor. Uzbek salib Borrowed from Classical Persian صَلِیب (salīb).
köken: Possibly from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“god; sky, heaven”). If so, Doublet of тәңре (təñre) — see there for more. Compare with Tatar тәре (täre, “pagan deity; Christian icon”), Karachay-Balkar тейри (teyri, “the supreme deity in the local pagan pantheon”).
köken: Borrowed from English cross, from Old English cros, borrowed from Old Norse kross, perhaps borrowed from Old Irish cros, ultimately from Latin crux.
wooden frame on which criminals were crucified, especially a cross · gallows bird; one who deserves to be hanged · torture; misery
çekim: çoğul crucēs · tamlayan crucis
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin crux Inherited from Proto-Italic *kruks or *krukis (it is uncertain whether the original form was an i-stem), of unclear origin. Pokorny connected Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”) with an assumed extension in *-k-; compare Latin circus (“circle”) and curvus (“curve”). This explanation suffers…