Where does “Balaklava” come from?

Balaklava is an English place name derived from Russian Балакла́ва, a town in Crimea whose origin is uncertain.

Balaklava (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Balaklava”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianБалакла́ваBalaklava
2Turkishbalıklavagood fishing ground
3Turkishbalıkfish
4Ottoman Turkishبالقfish
5Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
6Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

Words derived from “Balaklava”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →