Where does “kız” come from?

kız (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قیز, from Old Anatolian Turkish قِزْ, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ — girl; woman; ? red, dark thing.

kız (Turkish): girl; daughter; queen in card games

Definitions

  1. girl; daughter; queen in card games

Ancestry of “kız”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقیزgirl; daughter; queen in card games
2Old Anatolian Turkishقِزْ—
3Proto-Turkickï̄ŕgirl; woman; ? red, dark thing

Words derived from “kız”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قِزْ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قیز →