Where does “ğızıl” come from?

ğızıl (Talysh) comes from Azerbaijani qızıl, from Proto-Turkic kïŕïl, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ- — to be hot, glow, redden.

ğızıl (Talysh): gold

Definitions

  1. gold

Ancestry of “ğızıl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniqızılgolden
2Proto-Turkickïŕïlred
3Proto-Turkickï̄ŕ-to be hot, glow, redden
Every word from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic kïŕïl →Every word from Azerbaijani qızıl →