Where does “kulağakaçan” come from?

kulağakaçan (Turkish) comes from Turkish kulak, from Ottoman Turkish قولاق, from Ottoman Turkish قول, from Old Anatolian Turkish قل, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

kulağakaçan (Turkish): earwig

Definitions

  1. earwig

Ancestry of “kulağakaçan”, step by step

kulağakaçan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kulak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkulakear
2Ottoman Turkishقولاقear; one who has lost an arm, arm-cripple
3Ottoman Turkishقولservant; arm; branch, section, division
4Old Anatolian Turkishقلslave
5Proto-Turkickülash

via Turkish kaçmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkaçmakto run away, to escape; to skip, not to attend
2Ottoman Turkishقاچمقto flee, to escape, to run away; to avoid, to...
3Common Turkickač-to run away, flee
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قل →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قول →