Where does “اول” come from?

اول (Chagatai) comes from Classical Persian اَوَّل, from Arabic أَوَّل — first.

اول (Chagatai): he, she, it

Definitions

  1. he, she, it

Ancestry of “اول”, step by step

اول traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Persian اَوَّل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianاَوَّل—
2Arabicأَوَّلfirst

via Proto-Turkic ol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicolthat; s/he
Every word from Arabic أَوَّل →Every word from Classical Persian اَوَّل →