Where does “اركج” come from?

اركج (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.

اركج (Ottoman Turkish): billy goat, buck, an adult male of the species Capra hircus

Definitions

  1. billy goat, buck, an adult male of the species Capra hircus

Ancestry of “اركج”, step by step

اركج traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic keci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
2Proto-Uralickeδ́e—

via Turkish erkek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkisherkekmale; manly; man
2Ottoman Turkishارككmale, of humans and beasts
Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́e →Every word from Proto-Finnic keci →