Where does “İpekyolu” come from?

İpekyolu (Turkish) comes from Turkish ipek, from Turkish kuyruk, from Ottoman Turkish قویروق, from Proto-Turkic kudruk — tail.

Ancestry of “İpekyolu”, step by step

İpekyolu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish ipek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishipeksilk
2Turkishkuyruktail; queue
3Ottoman Turkishقویروقtail, queue
4Proto-Turkickudruktail

via Turkish yolu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyolu
Every word from Proto-Turkic kudrukEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قویروقEvery word from Turkish kuyruk