Where does “Akıncılar” come from?

Akıncılar (Turkish) comes from Turkish akın, from Ottoman Turkish آقین, from Old Anatolian Turkish aqïn, from Proto-Turkic *akïn, from Proto-Turkic ak- — to flow.

Ancestry of “Akıncılar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishakıninflux, inflow, flow; foray, invasion; raid
2Ottoman Turkishآقینrushing tumultuously like a torrent, a foray,...
3Old Anatolian Turkishaqïnraid
4Proto-Turkic*akïnflow, stream
5Proto-Turkicak-to flow
Every word from Proto-Turkic ak- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *akïn →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish aqïn →