Where does “galyak” come from?
galyak (English) comes from Russian голя́к, from Russian -я́к, from Russian -а́к, from Old East Slavic -акъ, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...
galyak (English): A flat, glossy kind of fur obtained from a...
Definitions
- A flat, glossy kind of fur obtained from a...
Ancestry of “galyak”, step by step
galyak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian голя́к
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | голя́к | beggar, pauper |
| 2 | Russian | -я́к | er |
| 3 | Russian | -а́к | suffix usually denoting a person with a given characteristic, or an inanimate noun of various meanings; often of a colloquial nature |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | -акъ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -akъ | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of... |
via Hungarian gálya
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | gálya | galley |