Where does “pooki” come from?

pooki (Finnish) comes from Swedish båk, from Turkish bak, from Turkish bakmak, from Ottoman Turkish باقمق, from Proto-Turkic *bak- — to look; to watch.

pooki (Finnish): daymark

Definitions

  1. daymark

Ancestry of “pooki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbåkdaymark
2Turkishbaksecond-person singular imperative of bakmak; look
3Turkishbakmakto look (at), gaze
4Ottoman Turkishباقمقto look; to look at
5Proto-Turkic*bak-to look; to watch
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bak- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باقمق →Every word from Turkish bakmak →