Where does “kadırga balığı” come from?

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

kadırga balığı (Turkish): sperm whale

Definitions

  1. sperm whale

Ancestry of “kadırga balığı”, step by step

kadırga balığı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Balık

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

via Turkish kadırga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkadırgagalley
2Ottoman Turkishقادرغه—
3Byzantine Greekκάτεργονgalley; penal labor
4Ancient Greekκάτεργος—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →