Where does “jiletcă” come from?

jiletcă (Romanian) comes from Russian жилетка, from Russian жиле́т, from French gilet, from Italian giulecco, from Turkish yelek, from Ottoman Turkish یلك, from Old Anatolian Turkish يَلَك, from Old Anatolian Turkish يَل — wind.

jiletcă (Romanian): waistcoat

Definitions

  1. waistcoat

Ancestry of “jiletcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianжилеткаvest
2Russianжиле́тvest
3Frenchgiletwaistcoat, vest; sweater
4Italiangiulecco—
5Turkishyelekwaistcoat, vest; jelick
6Ottoman Turkishیلكwaistcoat, vest; jelick
7Old Anatolian Turkishيَلَك—
8Old Anatolian Turkishيَل—
9Old Turkic𐰘𐰠—
10Proto-Turkicyẹlwind

Words derived from “jiletcă”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yẹl →Every word from Old Turkic 𐰘𐰠 →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish يَل →