Where does “aşıq” come from?

aşıq (Azerbaijani) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asuk, from Proto-Malayic asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

aşıq (Azerbaijani): ashugh, mystic bard, balladeer, troubadour

Definitions

  1. ashugh, mystic bard, balladeer, troubadour

Ancestry of “aşıq”, step by step

aşıq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasuk—
2Proto-Malayicasu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
4Proto-Austronesianasudog animal

via Arabic عَاشِق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَاشِقadmirer, lover; lover
2Arabicعَشِقَto love

Words derived from “aşıq”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayic asu →