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Where does “caimac” come from?

caimac (Romanian) comes from Turkish kaymak, from Ottoman Turkish قایماق, from Proto-Turkic *kańak.

caimac (Romanian): cream; film that forms on the surface of milk;...

Definitions

  1. cream; film that forms on the surface of milk;...

Ancestry of “caimac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkaymakkaymak; best part of something; to slide; to...
2Ottoman Turkishقایماق—
3Proto-Turkic*kańak—
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