Where does “قزل” come from?
قزل (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Proto-Turkic kïŕïl, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ- — to be hot, glow, redden.
Ancestry of “قزل”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Turkic | kïŕïl | red |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | kï̄ŕ- | to be hot, glow, redden |