Where does “Ciocănești” come from?

Ciocănești (Romanian) comes from Romanian ciocan, from Ottoman Turkish çekiç, from Old Turkic çekük, from Proto-Turkic *čekük.

Ancestry of “Ciocănești”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianciocanhammer
2Ottoman Turkishçekiç
3Old Turkicçekük
4Proto-Turkic*čekük

Words derived from “Ciocănești

Every word from Proto-Turkic *čekükEvery word from Old Turkic çekükEvery word from Ottoman Turkish çekiç
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