Where does “sangealâc” come from?

sangealâc (Romanian) comes from Romanian sangeac, from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق, from Proto-Turkic *sančgak.

sangealâc (Romanian): Ottoman flag

Definitions

  1. Ottoman flag

Ancestry of “sangealâc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomaniansangeacOttoman flag
2Ottoman Turkishسنجاقflag, banner; a type of local administrative...
3Proto-Turkic*sančgak—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *sančgak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق →Every word from Romanian sangeac →