Where does “kilij” come from?

kilij (English) comes from Turkish kılıç, from Ottoman Turkish قلج, from Proto-Turkic *kïlï̄č — sword.

kilij (English): A kind of Turkish saber

Definitions

  1. A kind of Turkish saber

Ancestry of “kilij”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkılıçsword
2Ottoman Turkishقلجsword, especially a broad one
3Proto-Turkic*kïlï̄čsword
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kïlï̄č →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قلج →Every word from Turkish kılıç →