Where does “sangiacco” come from?

sangiacco (Italian) comes from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق, from Proto-Turkic *sančgak.

sangiacco (Italian): sanjak (governor of region), sanjakbeg

Definitions

  1. sanjak (governor of region), sanjakbeg

Ancestry of “sangiacco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishسنجاقflag, banner; a type of local administrative...
2Proto-Turkic*sančgak—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *sančgak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق →