Where does “cazic” come from?

cazic (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قازیق, from Proto-Turkic *kaŕguk, from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.

cazic (Romanian): mooring stake

Definitions

  1. mooring stake

Ancestry of “cazic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقازیقstake, picket, pale
2Proto-Turkic*kaŕguk—
3Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out
Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *kaŕguk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قازیق →