Where does “culăcime” come from?

culăcime (Romanian) comes from Romanian culac, from Russian кула́к, from Turkic *kulak.

culăcime (Romanian): collective term for kulaks

Definitions

  1. collective term for kulaks

Ancestry of “culăcime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianculackulak
2Russianкула́кfist; tight-fisted person; wealthy peasant;...
3Turkic*kulak—
Every word from Turkic *kulak →Every word from Russian кула́к →Every word from Romanian culac →