Where does “قیلچق” come from?

قیلچق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قیل, from Proto-Turkic kïl — a hair.

قیلچق (Ottoman Turkish): fishbone, fish-spine

Definitions

  1. fishbone, fish-spine

Ancestry of “قیلچق”, step by step

قیلچق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قیل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقیلa hair
2Proto-Turkickïla hair

via Ottoman Turkish ـچق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـچقNoun diminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic kïl →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قیل →