Where does “سقال” come from?

سقال (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Turkic sakal, from Proto-Turkic sakal — beard.

Ancestry of “سقال”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkicsakal—
2Proto-Turkicsakalbeard
Every word from Proto-Turkic sakal →Every word from Old Turkic sakal →
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