The word “sars” in Turkish is the imperative form (i.e. imperative mood) of the word “sarsmak”. And the word “sarsmak” means:
[ol]
[li]to shake, convulse, jar, jolt[/li][li]to shock[/li][li]to affect, weaken, upset, afflict[/li][/ol]
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sarsmak
In light what kind havoc SARS-CoV (2002-2003 outbreak) and SARS-CoV-2 (2009-onward outbreak) has caused and has been causing, this interesting fact is perhaps not coincidental 
