Where does “ала” come from?

ала (Macedonian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ala.

ала (Macedonian): dragon

Definitions

  1. dragon

Ancestry of “ала”, step by step

ала traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishala—

via Proto-Slavic *xàla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*xàlasomething torn, shattered, worn-out
Every word from Ottoman Turkish ala →