Where does “قیزاق” come from?

قیزاق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Hungarian kirak, from Hungarian Rák, from Proto-Slavic rakъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rṓˀkas, from Proto-Indo-European wreh₃kʷos — looking backwards.

قیزاق (Ottoman Turkish): sledge, sled, sleigh, every vehicle which moves over snow or ice

Definitions

  1. sledge, sled, sleigh, every vehicle which moves over snow or ice

Ancestry of “قیزاق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankirakto take out something out of something; to...
2HungarianRákCancer
3Proto-Slavicrakъcrayfish
4Proto-Balto-Slavicrṓˀkas—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwreh₃kʷoslooking backwards
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreh₃kʷos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic rṓˀkas →Every word from Proto-Slavic rakъ →