Where does “ییلانجق” come from?

ییلانجق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ییلان, from Proto-Turkic *yï̄lan — snake.

ییلانجق (Ottoman Turkish): erysipelas, an acute febrile disease

Definitions

  1. erysipelas, an acute febrile disease

Ancestry of “ییلانجق”, step by step

ییلانجق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ییلان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishییلانsnake, serpent, any legless, scaly reptile of the suborder Serpentes, with a fork-shaped tongue
2Proto-Turkic*yï̄lansnake

via Ottoman Turkish ـجق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـجقDiminutive suffix after back vowels

Words derived from “ییلانجق”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *yï̄lan →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ییلان →