Where does “calabalâc” come from?

calabalâc (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قالابالق, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik — noun suffix; -ness.

calabalâc (Romanian): belongings

Definitions

  1. belongings

Ancestry of “calabalâc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقالابالقcrowded
2Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
3Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lik →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـلق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قالابالق →