Where does “kılıç balığı” come from?

kılıç balığı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Balık, from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

kılıç balığı (Turkish): swordfish

Definitions

  1. swordfish

Ancestry of “kılıç balığı”, step by step

kılıç balığı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Balık

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

via Turkish kılıç

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkılıçsword
2Ottoman Turkishقلجsword, especially a broad one
3Proto-Turkic*kïlï̄čsword
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Proto-Turkic bālïk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالق →