Where does “kalabalik” come from?

kalabalik (Swedish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قالابالق, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik — noun suffix; -ness.

kalabalik (Swedish): a tumult, a riot, a disorder, chaos

Definitions

  1. a tumult, a riot, a disorder, chaos

Ancestry of “kalabalik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقالابالقcrowded
2Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
3Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness

Words derived from “kalabalik”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lik →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـلق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قالابالق →