Where does “قولتقلق” come from?

قولتقلق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قولتق, from Proto-Turkic kȫl — lake.

قولتقلق (Ottoman Turkish): dress shield, a gusset inserted in a garment, inside the armpit, to prevent the garment's becoming wet or soiled from perspiration

Definitions

  1. dress shield, a gusset inserted in a garment, inside the armpit, to prevent the garment's becoming wet or soiled from perspiration

Ancestry of “قولتقلق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقولتقarmpit, the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
2Proto-Turkickȫllake
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