Where does “kül” come from?

kül (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قول, from Old Anatolian Turkish قل, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

kül (Turkish): ash

Definitions

  1. ash

Ancestry of “kül”, step by step

kül traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قول

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقولservant; arm; branch, section, division
2Old Anatolian Turkishقلslave
3Proto-Turkickülash

via Ottoman Turkish kül

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishkül—
2Arabicكُلّeach, every, whole, all

Words derived from “kül”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قل →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قول →