Where does “бунчук” come from?
бунчук (Ukrainian) comes from Turkish boncuk, from Ottoman Turkish بونجق, from Proto-Turkic *bōnčuk, from Manx boyn, from Middle Irish bonn, from Celtic *bundos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- — smoke; mist, haze.
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Words derived from “бунчук”