Where does “Alacakaya” come from?

Alacakaya (Turkish) comes from Turkish kaya, from Ottoman Turkish قیا, from Proto-Turkic *kaya — rock.

Ancestry of “Alacakaya”, step by step

Alacakaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkayahuge rock; large rock mass; rock cliff, rock...
2Ottoman Turkishقیاrock, boulder, a large mass of stone
3Proto-Turkic*kayarock

via Turkish alaca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishalacamulti-coloured, piebald; freckle, fleck
2Ottoman Turkishآلاجهmulticoloured
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kaya →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قیا →Every word from Turkish kaya →