Where does “suli” come from?

suli (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Austronesian Culi, from English coolie, from Hindi क़ुली, from Turkish köle, from Ottoman Turkish كوله, from Proto-Turkic kȫle — slave, servant.

suli (Greenlandic): yet

Definitions

  1. yet

Ancestry of “suli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-AustronesianCulideaf
2EnglishcoolieAn unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or...
3Hindiक़ुलीporter; coolie; migrant labourer; slave; servant
4Turkishköleslave
5Ottoman Turkishكولهmale slave
6Proto-Turkickȫleslave, servant
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