Where does “qerpik” come from?
qerpik (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish كرپك, from Old Turkic kirpik, from Proto-Turkic kirpik — eyelash.
qerpik (Albanian): eyelash
Ancestry of “qerpik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | كرپك | — |
| 2 | Old Turkic | kirpik | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kirpik | eyelash |