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

Definitions

  1. sin; fault; error

Ancestry of “mëkat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankatfloor, storey
2Ottoman Turkishقاتcoat, layer, a single thickness of some material covering a surface
3Proto-TurkicKatberry
Every word from Proto-Turkic Kat →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قات →Every word from Albanian kat →