Where does “chaleco” come from?

chaleco (Galician) comes from Turkish yelek, from Ottoman Turkish یلك, from Old Anatolian Turkish يَلَك, from Old Anatolian Turkish يَل, from Old Turkic 𐰘𐰠, from Proto-Turkic yẹl — wind.

chaleco (Galician): vest, waistcoat

Definitions

  1. vest, waistcoat

Ancestry of “chaleco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyelekwaistcoat, vest; jelick
2Ottoman Turkishیلكwaistcoat, vest; jelick
3Old Anatolian Turkishيَلَك—
4Old Anatolian Turkishيَل—
5Old Turkic𐰘𐰠—
6Proto-Turkicyẹlwind
Every word from Proto-Turkic yẹl →Every word from Old Turkic 𐰘𐰠 →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish يَل →