Where does “kilij” come from?
kilij (English) comes from Turkish kılıç, from Ottoman Turkish قلج, from Proto-Turkic *kïlï̄č.
kilij (English): A kind of Turkish saber
Ancestry of “kilij”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kılıç | sword |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قلج | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *kïlï̄č | — |