Where does “ییلان بالغی” come from?

ییلان بالغی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

ییلان بالغی (Ottoman Turkish): eel, any fish of the order Anguilliformes

Definitions

  1. eel, any fish of the order Anguilliformes

Ancestry of “ییلان بالغی”, step by step

ییلان بالغی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بالق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبالقfish
2Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Ottoman Turkish ییلان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishییلانsnake, serpent, any legless, scaly reptile of the suborder Serpentes, with a fork-shaped tongue
2Proto-Turkic*yï̄lansnake
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Proto-Turkic bālïk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالق →