Where does “чолак” come from?

чолак (Macedonian) comes from Ottoman Turkish چولاق, from Proto-Turkic *čoluk, from Proto-Turkic *čol-.

чолак (Macedonian): one-handed (referring to a person whose one hand is cut off)

Definitions

  1. one-handed (referring to a person whose one hand is cut off)

Ancestry of “чолак”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچولاقone-armed, armless, arm-crippled, having lost one or both arms
2Proto-Turkic*čoluk—
3Proto-Turkic*čol-—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *čol- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *čoluk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چولاق →