Where does “ciolac” come from?

ciolac (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish چولاق, from Proto-Turkic *čoluk, from Proto-Turkic *čol-.

ciolac (Romanian): crippled

Definitions

  1. crippled

Ancestry of “ciolac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچولاقone-armed, armless, arm-crippled, having lost one or both arms
2Proto-Turkic*čoluk—
3Proto-Turkic*čol-—

Words derived from “ciolac”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *čol- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *čoluk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چولاق →