Where does “kalkan balığı” come from?
kalkan balığı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قلقان بالغی, from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.
kalkan balığı (Turkish): turbot
Definitions
- turbot
Ancestry of “kalkan balığı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قلقان بالغی | turbot |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بالق | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | bālïk | fish |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | -či | Profession suffix |