Where does “kralcı” come from?
kralcı (Turkish) comes from Turkish kral, from Ottoman Turkish kral, from Old High German karl, from Proto-Germanic karilaz, from Proto-Germanic karaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.
kralcı (Turkish): royalistic
Ancestry of “kralcı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | kral | king |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | kral | — |
| 3 | Old High German | karl | man |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | karilaz | free man, franklin; little man, young man |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | karaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |