Where does “Kızılırmak” come from?

Kızılırmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish kızıl, from Ottoman Turkish قزل, from Proto-Turkic kïŕïl, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ- — to be hot, glow, redden.

Ancestry of “Kızılırmak”, step by step

Kızılırmak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kızıl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkızılbright red, scarlet; communist; gold
2Ottoman Turkishقزلred
3Proto-Turkickïŕïlred
4Proto-Turkickï̄ŕ-to be hot, glow, redden

via Turkish ırmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishırmakriver

Words derived from “Kızılırmak”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic kïŕïl →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قزل →