Where does “шаҡмаҡ” come from?

шаҡмаҡ (Bashkir) comes from Undetermined čaqmaq, from Proto-Turkic č(i)ak- — to strike, to cut.

шаҡмаҡ (Bashkir): square; rectangular box; cube, block; checkered...

Definitions

  1. square; rectangular box; cube, block; checkered...

Ancestry of “шаҡмаҡ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Undeterminedčaqmaqsquare, box, checkered pattern
2Proto-Turkicč(i)ak-to strike, to cut
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