Where does “ساقزلو” come from?
ساقزلو (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ساقز, from Proto-Turkic *sakïŕ — gum, resin.
ساقزلو (Ottoman Turkish): resinous, resiny, gummy
Ancestry of “ساقزلو”, step by step
ساقزلو traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish ساقز
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ساقز | resin, gum, a highly viscous secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *sakïŕ | gum, resin |
via Ottoman Turkish ـلو
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ـلو | Forms adjectives from nouns; with |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *-lig | A positive adjective suffix |