Where does “قشلق” come from?

قشلق (Karakhanid) comes from Hijazi Arabic قش, from Common Turkic kuš, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

قشلق (Karakhanid): anything made specifically for winter

Definitions

  1. anything made specifically for winter

Ancestry of “قشلق”, step by step

قشلق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hijazi Arabic قش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hijazi Arabicقشstraw; hay
2Common Turkickušbird
3Proto-Turkickülash

via Ottoman Turkish ـلق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
2Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Common Turkic kuš →Every word from Hijazi Arabic قش →