Where does “خاولی” come from?

خاولی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـلو, from Proto-Turkic *-lig — A positive adjective suffix.

خاولی (Ottoman Turkish): towel

Definitions

  1. towel

Ancestry of “خاولی”, step by step

خاولی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـلو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـلوForms adjectives from nouns; with
2Proto-Turkic*-ligA positive adjective suffix

via Ottoman Turkish خاو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishخاوfuzz, down

Words derived from “خاولی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lig →