Where does “قولاق” come from?

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

قولاق (Ottoman Turkish): ear; one who has lost an arm, arm-cripple

Definitions

  1. ear; one who has lost an arm, arm-cripple

Ancestry of “قولاق”, step by step

قولاق traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قول

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقولservant; arm; branch, section, division
2Old Anatolian Turkishقلslave
3Proto-Turkickülash

via Old Anatolian Turkish قلاق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishقلاقear
2Proto-Turkickulkakear

via Ottoman Turkish ـاق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـاقNoun and adjective diminutive suffix
2Proto-Turkic*-gekForms deverbal nouns

Words derived from “قولاق”

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