Where does “qaralıq” come from?

qaralıq (Khalaj) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-, from Proto-Indo-European l(o)yk-o-.

qaralıq (Khalaj): dark, darkness

Definitions

  1. dark, darkness

Ancestry of “qaralıq”, step by step

qaralıq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclik-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanl(o)yk-o-—

via Khalaj qara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khalajqarablack
2Proto-Turkickarablack
Every word from Proto-Indo-European l(o)yk-o- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lik- →