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Where does “ak” come from?

ak (Gagauz) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish aq, from Proto-Turkic āk — white.

ak (Gagauz): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “ak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishaqwhite
2Proto-Turkicākwhite
Every word from Proto-Turkic āk →