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Where does “Moskovalı” come from?

Moskovalı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Moskova, from Ottoman Turkish موسقووا, from Russian Москва́, from Old East Slavic Москꙑ, from Proto-Slavic mosky.

Ancestry of “Moskovalı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishMoskovaMoscow
2Ottoman Turkishموسقووا—
3RussianМосква́Moscow
4Old East SlavicМоскꙑ—
5Proto-Slavicmosky—
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