Where does “اوق” come from?

اوق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish اوق, from Proto-Turkic ok — arrow.

اوق (Ottoman Turkish): arrow, dart, bolt, a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail that is shot from a bow

Definitions

  1. arrow, dart, bolt, a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail that is shot from a bow

Ancestry of “اوق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishاوقarrow
2Proto-Turkicokarrow

Words derived from “اوق

Every word from Proto-Turkic okEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish اوق