Where does “aslan” come from?
aslan (Aromanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ارسلان, from Proto-Turkic *arsïlan.
aslan (Aromanian): lion
Ancestry of “aslan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ارسلان | lion |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *arsïlan | — |