Where does “uçqun” come from?

uçqun (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

uçqun (Azerbaijani): collapse, landslide, rockfall, avalanche

Definitions

  1. collapse, landslide, rockfall, avalanche

Ancestry of “uçqun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
2Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
3Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč- →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق →Every word from Azerbaijani uçmaq →