Where does “qerpik” come from?

qerpik (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish كرپك, from Old Turkic kirpik, from Proto-Turkic kirpik — eyelash.

qerpik (Albanian): eyelash

Definitions

  1. eyelash

Ancestry of “qerpik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكرپكeyelash, one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids
2Old Turkickirpik—
3Proto-Turkickirpikeyelash
Every word from Proto-Turkic kirpik →Every word from Old Turkic kirpik →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كرپك →