Where does “Balık” come from?
Balık (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či.
Ancestry of “Balık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بالق | fish |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | bālïk | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | -či | — |