Where does “шӑхӑрчӑк” come from?

шӑхӑрчӑк (Chuvash) comes from Serbo-Croatian чак, from Ottoman Turkish چاق — exactly; precisely.

шӑхӑрчӑк (Chuvash): whistle device used to make a whistling sound, act of whistling

Definitions

  1. whistle device used to make a whistling sound, act of whistling

Ancestry of “шӑхӑрчӑк”, step by step

шӑхӑрчӑк traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian чак

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianчакeven
2Ottoman Turkishچاقexactly; precisely

via Chuvash шӑхӑр

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chuvashшӑхӑрdense, thickset
Every word from Ottoman Turkish چاق →Every word from Serbo-Croatian чак →