Where does “balčak” come from?
balčak (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالچق, from Old Anatolian Turkish بلچق, from Proto-Turkic *balčïk.
balčak (Serbo-Croatian): hilt
Ancestry of “balčak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بالچق | — |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | بلچق | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *balčïk | — |