Where does “ilik” come from?

ilik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ایلیك, from Proto-Turkic yilik, from Ottoman Turkish الك, from Proto-Turkic ilk — first.

ilik (Serbo-Croatian): a loop or eye for a button or hook on clothing, buttonhole

Definitions

  1. a loop or eye for a button or hook on clothing, buttonhole

Ancestry of “ilik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishایلیكbone marrow, the place where new blood cells are produced
2Proto-Turkicyilikbone marrow
3Ottoman Turkishالكfirst, firstly, in the first place
4Proto-Turkicilkfirst
Every word from Proto-Turkic ilk →