Where does “kalabaliikki” come from?

kalabaliikki (Finnish) comes from Swedish kalabalik, from Ottoman Turkish قالابالق, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik — noun suffix; -ness.

kalabaliikki (Finnish): disorder; skirmish

Definitions

  1. disorder; skirmish

Ancestry of “kalabaliikki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkalabalika tumult, a riot, a disorder, chaos
2Ottoman Turkishقالابالقcrowded
3Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
4Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lik →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـلق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قالابالق →