Where does “balaclava” come from?

balaclava (Portuguese) comes from Russian Балакла́ва, from Turkish balıklava, from Turkish balık, from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

balaclava (Portuguese): balaclava headgear

Definitions

  1. balaclava headgear

Ancestry of “balaclava”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianБалакла́ваBalaklava
2Turkishbalıklavagood fishing ground
3Turkishbalıkfish
4Ottoman Turkishبالقfish
5Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
6Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
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