Where does “karabatak” come from?

karabatak (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قره باتاق, from Ottoman Turkish باتاق, from Proto-Turkic batgak, from Proto-Turkic bat- — to sink; to fit into, get into; to sink, get...

karabatak (Albanian): grebe, dabchick

Definitions

  1. grebe, dabchick

Ancestry of “karabatak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقره باتاقcormorant, any of various seabirds in the family Phalacrocoracidae
2Ottoman Turkishباتاقswamp, marsh, quagmire, bog; quicksand; den of...
3Proto-Turkicbatgaksticky mud, bog
4Proto-Turkicbat-to sink; to fit into, get into; to sink, get...
Every word from Proto-Turkic bat- →Every word from Proto-Turkic batgak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باتاق →