Where does “balıklava” come from?

balıklava (Turkish) comes from Turkish balık, from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

balıklava (Turkish): good fishing ground

Definitions

  1. good fishing ground

Ancestry of “balıklava”, step by step

balıklava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish balık

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbalıkfish
2Ottoman Turkishبالقfish
3Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Turkish lava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishlavalava

Words derived from “balıklava”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Proto-Turkic bālïk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالق →