Where does “قول” come from?

قول (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish قل, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

قول (Ottoman Turkish): servant; arm; branch, section, division

Definitions

  1. servant; arm; branch, section, division

Ancestry of “قول”, step by step

قول traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Anatolian Turkish قل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishقلslave
2Proto-Turkickülash

via Proto-Turkic kȫl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkickȫllake

via Arabic قَوْل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَوْلsaying

Words derived from “قول”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قل →