Where does “jelek” come from?

jelek (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish یلك, from Old Anatolian Turkish يَلَك, from Old Anatolian Turkish يَل, from Old Turkic 𐰘𐰠, from Proto-Turkic yẹl — wind.

jelek (Serbo-Croatian): waistcoat, vest; jelick

Definitions

  1. waistcoat, vest; jelick

Ancestry of “jelek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیلكwaistcoat, vest; jelick
2Old Anatolian Turkishيَلَك—
3Old Anatolian Turkishيَل—
4Old Turkic𐰘𐰠—
5Proto-Turkicyẹlwind
Every word from Proto-Turkic yẹl →Every word from Old Turkic 𐰘𐰠 →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish يَل →
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