Where does “ok” come from?
ok (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اوق, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوق, from Proto-Turkic ok — arrow.
ok (Turkish): arrow
Ancestry of “ok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | اوق | — |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوق | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | ok | arrow |