Where does “mëkat” come from?
mëkat (Albanian) comes from Albanian kat, from Ottoman Turkish قات, from Proto-Turkic Kat — berry.
mëkat (Albanian): sin; fault; error
Ancestry of “mëkat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | kat | floor, storey |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قات | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | Kat | berry |