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
- cream; film that forms on the surface of milk;...
Ancestry of “caimac”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | kaymak | kaymak; best part of something; to slide; to... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قایماق | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *kańak | — |