Where does “kum balığı” come from?

kum balığı (Turkish) comes from Turkish kum, from Ottoman Turkish قوم, from Armenian գոմ, from Old Armenian գոմ — fold/stall for sheep or cattle; to be, to exist,...

kum balığı (Turkish): sand lance, any of the slender fish of the family Ammodytidae

Definitions

  1. sand lance, any of the slender fish of the family Ammodytidae

Ancestry of “kum balığı”, step by step

kum balığı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkumsand
2Ottoman Turkishقومsand, gravel
3Armenianգոմcattleshed, cowhouse, barn
4Old Armenianգոմfold/stall for sheep or cattle; to be, to exist,...

via Turkish Balık

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