Where does “бычакъ” come from?

бычакъ (Karachay-Balkar) comes from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak, from Proto-Turkic *bïč- — to cut.

бычакъ (Karachay-Balkar): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “бычакъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*bïčgak—
2Proto-Turkic*bïč-to cut
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïč- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak →