Where does “كركین” come from?

كركین (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كرمك, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

كركین (Ottoman Turkish): stretched, tight, tense, taut, under tension, like a stretched bowstring or rope

Definitions

  1. stretched, tight, tense, taut, under tension, like a stretched bowstring or rope

Ancestry of “كركین”, step by step

كركین traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish كرمك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكرمكto stretch, tight, tighten, spread out
2Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via Ottoman Turkish ـغن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـغن—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كرمك →