Where does “Çolak” come from?

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

Çolak (Turkish): one-armed

Definitions

  1. one-armed

Ancestry of “Çolak”, step by step

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