Where does “کجک” come from?

کجک (Persian) comes from Persian ـک, from Middle Persian 𐭪.

کجک (Persian): elephant goad, ankus

Definitions

  1. elephant goad, ankus

Ancestry of “کجک”, step by step

کجک traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـک

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـکdiminutive suffix
2Middle Persian𐭪—

via Persian کج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکجcrooked
2Proto-Indo-Europeankog-—
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭪 →Every word from Persian ـک →