Where does “ساچمه” come from?

ساچمه (Pashto) comes from Classical Persian ساچمه, from Ottoman Turkish صاچمه, from Ottoman Turkish صاچمق, from Proto-Turkic *sač- — to scatter, sprinkle.

ساچمه (Pashto): buckshot

Definitions

  1. buckshot

Ancestry of “ساچمه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianساچمه—
2Ottoman Turkishصاچمهbuckshot
3Ottoman Turkishصاچمقto scatter, sprinkle
4Proto-Turkic*sač-to scatter, sprinkle
Every word from Proto-Turkic *sač- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish صاچمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish صاچمه →