Where does “クラーク” come from?
クラーク (Japanese) comes from Russian кула́к, from Turkic *kulak.
クラーク (Japanese): kulak
Ancestry of “クラーク”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | кула́к | fist; tight-fisted person; wealthy peasant;... |
| 2 | Turkic | *kulak | — |