Where does “băltăgaș” come from?

băltăgaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian baltag, from Ottoman Turkish بالطه, from Proto-Turkic baltu — axe.

Ancestry of “băltăgaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbaltaglong-handled axe
2Ottoman Turkishبالطهax, axe
3Proto-Turkicbaltuaxe
Every word from Proto-Turkic baltu →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالطه →Every word from Romanian baltag →
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