Where does “كرك” come from?

كرك (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كورك, from Ottoman Turkish گورمك, from Proto-Turkic *kegre-.

Ancestry of “كرك”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ottoman Turkish	كورك	shovel; oar, paddle; hard labour, drudgery,...
2	Ottoman Turkish	گورمك	to see; to view; to spot
3	Proto-Turkic	*kegre-	—

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