Where does “meleć” come from?
meleć (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ملك, from Arabic ملك, from Proto-Semitic malk- — king, prince.
meleć (Serbo-Croatian): angel
Ancestry of “meleć”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ملك | — |
| 2 | Arabic | ملك | king, sovereign, monarch; verbal noun of مَلَكَ;... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | malk- | king, prince |