Where does “leylak” come from?

leylak (Turkish) comes from English laylock, from Old French lilac, from Arabic لِيلَك, from Persian نیلک, from Persian نیل, from Arabic نيل, from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫, from Sanskrit नील — to lead.

leylak (Turkish): lilac, any large, flowering shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris

Definitions

  1. lilac, any large, flowering shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris

Ancestry of “leylak”, step by step

leylak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English laylock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlaylock—
2Old Frenchlilac—
3Arabicلِيلَكlilac
4Persianنیلک—
5Persianنیلindigo
6Arabicنيلverbal noun of نَالَ; indigo; to colour indigo
7Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫indigo
8Sanskritनीलof a dark color
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanneyH-to lead

via Ottoman Turkish لیلاق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلیلاقlilac
2Arabicلَيْلَك—
3Classical Persianلِیلَک—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neyH- →Every word from Sanskrit नील →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 →