Where does “بالچقلامق” come from?

بالچقلامق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالچق, from Old Anatolian Turkish بلچق, from Proto-Turkic *balčïk — mud.

بالچقلامق (Ottoman Turkish): to clay, to add, spread, plaster, or soil with clay

Definitions

  1. to clay, to add, spread, plaster, or soil with clay

Ancestry of “بالچقلامق”, step by step

بالچقلامق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بالچق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبالچقclay, argil, a mineral substance that becomes ductile when moist, used in preparing ceramics
2Old Anatolian Turkishبلچقslime, sludge; soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen
3Proto-Turkic*balčïkmud

via Ottoman Turkish ـلا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلا—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *balčïk →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بلچق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالچق →