Where does “ışık” come from?

ışık (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ایشق, from Proto-Turkic *yaĺčuk, from Proto-Turkic *yaĺču- — to blaze, flame.

ışık (Turkish): light; inspired thought, ray of inspiration;...

Definitions

  1. light; inspired thought, ray of inspiration;...

Ancestry of “ışık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishایشقlight, the electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye
2Proto-Turkic*yaĺčuk—
3Proto-Turkic*yaĺču-to blaze, flame

Words derived from “ışık”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *yaĺču- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *yaĺčuk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ایشق →