Where does “ئاچلىق” come from?

ئاچلىق (Uyghur) comes from Uyghur ئاچ, from Chagatai اچ, from Proto-Turkic *āč — hungry, famished.

ئاچلىق (Uyghur): hunger

Definitions

  1. hunger

Ancestry of “ئاچلىق”, step by step

ئاچلىق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Uyghur ئاچ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurئاچhungry
2Chagataiاچhungry
3Proto-Turkic*āčhungry, famished

via Uyghur ـلىق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UyghurـلىقDerives adjectives from nouns; with, having, containing something
Every word from Proto-Turkic *āč →Every word from Chagatai اچ →Every word from Uyghur ئاچ →