Where does “قولداش” come from?

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

قولداش (Ottoman Turkish): associate, companion, fellow, mate, comrade

Definitions

  1. associate, companion, fellow, mate, comrade

Ancestry of “قولداش”, step by step

قولداش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قول

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

via Ottoman Turkish ـداش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـداشNoun-forming suffix that indicates fellowship, relatedness, or togetherness
2Proto-Turkic*-daĺ—
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قل →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قول →
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