Where does “aqçil” come from?

aqçil (Crimean Tatar) comes from Turkish çil, from Ottoman Turkish چیل, from Proto-Turkic *čïl.

aqçil (Crimean Tatar): whitish

Definitions

  1. whitish

Ancestry of “aqçil”, step by step

aqçil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçilfreckle; scintillation; shining
2Ottoman Turkishچیلbright, shiny, brilliant, emitting much light
3Proto-Turkic*čïl—

via Crimean Tatar aq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tataraqwhite
2Proto-TurkicĀkwhite
Every word from Proto-Turkic *čïl →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چیل →Every word from Turkish çil →