Where does “kuliʼ” come from?

kuliʼ (Makasar) comes from Malay kuli, from Hindi क़ुली, from Turkish köle, from Ottoman Turkish كوله, from Proto-Turkic kȫle — slave, servant.

kuliʼ (Makasar): skin; hide; leather

Definitions

  1. skin; hide; leather

Ancestry of “kuliʼ”, step by step

kuliʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykuli—
2Hindiक़ुलीporter; coolie; migrant labourer; slave; servant
3Turkishköleslave
4Ottoman Turkishكولهmale slave
5Proto-Turkickȫleslave, servant

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kulit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankulitskin
2Proto-AustronesiankuliCrind

Words derived from “kuliʼ”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kȫle →