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

Definitions

  1. kulak

Ancestry of “クラーク”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкула́кfist; tight-fisted person; wealthy peasant;...
2Turkic*kulak—
Every word from Turkic *kulak →Every word from Russian кула́к →
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