Where does “arcadaș” come from?

arcadaș (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish آرقه‌داش, from Ottoman Turkish ـداش, from Proto-Turkic *-daĺ.

arcadaș (Romanian): comrade

Definitions

  1. comrade

Ancestry of “arcadaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآرقه‌داشcomrade, companion, person who has one's back
2Ottoman TurkishـداشNoun-forming suffix that indicates fellowship, relatedness, or togetherness
3Proto-Turkic*-daĺ—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-daĺ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـداش →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آرقه‌داش →