English
jelick
Jelick comes from Old Anatolian Turkish يَل ‘wind’, and goes back to Proto-Turkic *yẹl.
- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*yẹl‘wind’reconstructed
- Old Turkicmodern𐰘𐰠yél
- Old Anatolian Turkishmodernيَل‘wind’
- Old Anatolian Turkish, derivedmodernيَلَك
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928یلكyelek
- Englishearliest quotation 1819jelick
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*yẹl‘wind’reconstructed
- Old Turkicmodern𐰘𐰠yél
- Old Anatolian Turkishmodernيَل‘wind’
- Old Anatolian Turkish, derivedmodernيَلَك
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928یلكyelek
- Englishearliest quotation 1819jelick
Earliest quotation: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan: “She wore two jelicks—one was of pale yellow; /…”
Every English word from Proto-Turkic *yẹl
Today it means
noun The bodice of women or vest of men worn in the Ottoman Empire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Turkic *yẹl / jelick