Where does “dărăcitură” come from?

dărăcitură (Romanian) comes from Romanian dărăci, from Romanian darac, from Ottoman Turkish طراق, from Old Turkic targak.

dărăcitură (Romanian): textile made out of carded wool

Definitions

  1. textile made out of carded wool

Ancestry of “dărăcitură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniandărăcito comb, card
2Romaniandaraccard, ripple, hackle
3Ottoman Turkishطراقcomb, a toothed implement for grooming the hair or for keeping it in place
4Old Turkictargak—
Every word from Old Turkic targak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طراق →Every word from Romanian darac →