Where does “بالقلامق” come from?

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

بالقلامق (Ottoman Turkish): to writhe, squirm, wriggle, to twist one's body to and fro

Definitions

  1. to writhe, squirm, wriggle, to twist one's body to and fro

Ancestry of “بالقلامق”, step by step

بالقلامق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بالق

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

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلامقforms verbs from nouns or adjectives
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či