From *yoqal- (“to get lost, to disappear”), from Proto-Turkic *yōk (“no; there is no”). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (joqal-, “to disappear”); Kazakh жоғалу (joğalu, “to get lost”), Kyrgyz жоголуу (jogoluu, “to get lost”), Uzbek yoʻqolmoq (“get lost”), Uyghur يوقالماق (yoqalmaq, “to get lost, disappear”), Turkmen ýogalmak (“to disappear, die”), Turkish yoğalmak (“to disappear”), etc.