Where does “caimac” come from?

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

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 Turkishقایماقkaymak, a creamy dairy product similar to clotted cream, made in Turkic countries
3Proto-Turkic*kańakcream, kaymak
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kańak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قایماق →Every word from Turkish kaymak →