Where does “ییلانجیل” come from?

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

ییلانجیل (Ottoman Turkish): sacred ibis, any wading bird of the species Threskiornis aethiopicus

Definitions

  1. sacred ibis, any wading bird of the species Threskiornis aethiopicus

Ancestry of “ییلانجیل”, step by step

ییلانجیل 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 ـجیل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـجیلForms names of predators from names of prey
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic *yï̄lan →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ییلان →