Where does “*мешек” come from?

*мешек (Bulgarian) comes from Turkish meşe, from Ottoman Turkish میشه, from Persian بیشه — forest, wood, jungle.

Ancestry of “*мешек”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishmeşeoak
2Ottoman Turkishمیشهforest, oak grove; oak
3Persianبیشهforest, wood, jungle
Every word from Persian بیشه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish میشه →Every word from Turkish meşe →