Where does “بالقجیل” come from?

بالقجیل (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

بالقجیل (Ottoman Turkish): heron, any wading bird of the family Ardeidae

Definitions

  1. heron, any wading bird of the family Ardeidae

Ancestry of “بالقجیل”, step by step

بالقجیل traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بالق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبالقfish
2Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Ottoman Turkish ـجیل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـجیلForms names of predators from names of prey
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Proto-Turkic bālïk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالق →