Where does “acar” come from?

acar (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian atsara, from Philippine Spanish achara, from Malay acar, from Classical Malay اچر, from Urdu اچار, from Persian آچار, from Azerbaijani açar, from Proto-Turkic ač- — to open.

acar (Albanian): bitter cold; period of frost, coldness; bitter,...