Where does “შუკა” come from?

შუკა (Mingrelian) comes from Old Armenian շուկայ, from Classical Syriac ܫܘܩܐ, from Akkadian 𒋻, from Akkadian 𒆸, from Sumerian 𒆸 — block, slab; to make clod.

შუკა (Mingrelian): lane, side street, alley; square

Definitions

  1. lane, side street, alley; square

Ancestry of “შუკა”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianշուկայstreet; square, plaza, forum; market, bazaar
2Classical Syriacܫܘܩܐstreet; square, plaza, forum, court; market,...
3Akkadian𒋻divide, cut off
4Akkadian𒆸"upqu" "block"
5Sumerian𒆸block, slab; to make clod
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