Where does “caicco” come from?
caicco (Italian) comes from Turkish kayık, from Ottoman Turkish قایق, from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk.
caicco (Italian): caique
Ancestry of “caicco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kayık | boat |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قایق | boat |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *kiayguk | — |
Words derived from “caicco”