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

Definitions

  1. arrow

Ancestry of “ok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاوقarrow, dart, bolt, a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail that is shot from a bow
2Old Anatolian Turkishاوقarrow
3Proto-Turkicokarrow

Words derived from “ok”

Every word from Proto-Turkic ok →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish اوق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوق →