Where does “دكشمك” come from?
دكشمك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish دكشمك, from Old Anatolian Turkish دكمك, from Old Anatolian Turkish دَكْ, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.
Ancestry of “دكشمك”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | دكشمك | — |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | دكمك | — |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | دَكْ | — |
| 4 | Old Turkic | teŋ | equivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 等 | — |