Where does “kulaklık” come from?

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

kulaklık (Turkish): headphone

Definitions

  1. headphone

Ancestry of “kulaklık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkulakear
2Ottoman Turkishقولاقear; one who has lost an arm, arm-cripple
3Ottoman Turkishقولservant; arm; branch, section, division
4Old Anatolian Turkishقلslave
5Proto-Turkickülash
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قل →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قول →