Where does “kızıl” come from?

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

kızıl (Turkish): bright red, scarlet; communist; gold

Definitions

  1. bright red, scarlet; communist; gold

Ancestry of “kızıl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقزلred
2Proto-Turkickïŕïlred
3Proto-Turkickï̄ŕ-to be hot, glow, redden

Words derived from “kızıl”

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