English
kilij
Kilij comes from Turkish kılıç ‘sword’, and goes back to Proto-Turkic *kïlï̄č.
- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*kïlï̄č‘sword’reconstructed
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928قلجkılıc‘sword, especially a broad one’
- Turkish1928–presentkılıç‘sword’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015kilij
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*kïlï̄č‘sword’reconstructed
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928قلجkılıc‘sword, especially a broad one’
- Turkish1928–presentkılıç‘sword’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015kilij
Earliest quotation: 2015, John Wayne Falbey, Chapter 39 Dubai: “The kilij has a slight taper down the straight…”
Every English word from Proto-Turkic *kïlï̄č
Today it means
noun A kind of Turkish saber.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Turkic *kïlï̄č / kilij