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Where does “Kara-Dak” come from?
Kara-Dak (Crimean Tatar) comes from Proto-Finnic -dak, from Tagalog daktao — great man.
Ancestry of “Kara-Dak”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
-dak
Suffix of the first infinitive
2
Tagalog
daktao
great man
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