Where does “طوتقال” come from?

طوتقال (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قالمق, from Proto-Turkic *kāl- — to stay behind, remain.

طوتقال (Ottoman Turkish): glue, any sticky substance used as an adhesive

Definitions

  1. glue, any sticky substance used as an adhesive

Ancestry of “طوتقال”, step by step

طوتقال traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قالمق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقالمقto halt, cease moving, remain, remain behind, be...
2Proto-Turkic*kāl-to stay behind, remain

via Ottoman Turkish طوتمق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطوتمقto hold, keep; to hold, keep, catch, take, seize,...
2Proto-Turkictüt-smoke, to smoke

Words derived from “طوتقال

Every word from Proto-Turkic *kāl-