Where does “yelken balığı” come from?

yelken balığı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Balık, from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

yelken balığı (Turkish): spearfish (Tetrapturus belone)

Definitions

  1. spearfish (Tetrapturus belone)

Ancestry of “yelken balığı”, step by step

yelken balığı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Balık

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

via Turkish yelken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyelkensail; sailboat
2Ottoman Turkishیلكنsail
3Old Anatolian Turkishیلكنsail
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