Where does “yelken” come from?

yelken (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یلكن, from Old Anatolian Turkish یلكن — sail.

yelken (Turkish): sail; sailboat

Definitions

  1. sail; sailboat

Ancestry of “yelken”, step by step

yelken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish یلكن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیلكنsail
2Old Anatolian Turkishیلكنsail

via Proto-Turkic yẹl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicyẹlwind

Words derived from “yelken”

Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یلكن →