Where does “یوالامق” come from?

یوالامق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یوا, from Proto-Turkic uya, from Middle Chinese 窩.

یوالامق (Ottoman Turkish): to nest, to build or settle into a nest

Definitions

  1. to nest, to build or settle into a nest

Ancestry of “یوالامق”, step by step

یوالامق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish یوا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیواnest, a structure built by birds as a place to incubate eggs
2Proto-Turkicuyanest; place inhabited by an animal
3Middle Chinese

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلامقforms verbs from nouns or adjectives
Every word from Middle Chinese