Where does “چمدكلمك” come from?

چمدكلمك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چمدك, from Proto-Turkic *čimdi- — to nip.

چمدكلمك (Ottoman Turkish): to pinch, nip, tweak, vellicate, to squeeze between the thumb and the forefinger

Definitions

  1. to pinch, nip, tweak, vellicate, to squeeze between the thumb and the forefinger

Ancestry of “چمدكلمك”, step by step

چمدكلمك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish چمدك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچمدكpinch, nip, tweak, a close compression of anything with the fingers
2Proto-Turkic*čimdi-to nip

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلامقforms verbs from nouns or adjectives
Every word from Proto-Turkic *čimdi-