Where does “бронежилет” come from?
бронежилет (Ukrainian) comes from Russian жиле́т, from French gilet, from Italian giulecco, from Turkish yelek, from Ottoman Turkish یلك, from Old Anatolian Turkish يَلَك, from Old Anatolian Turkish يَل, from Old Turkic 𐰘𐰠 — wind.
бронежилет (Ukrainian): bulletproof vest
Definitions
- bulletproof vest
Ancestry of “бронежилет”, step by step
бронежилет traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.