Where does “cazma” come from?

cazma (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قازمه, from Ottoman Turkish قازمق, from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.

cazma (Romanian): spade

Definitions

  1. spade

Ancestry of “cazma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقازمهdug, delved, trenched, excavated, whose material has been removed by hands, claws, or equipment
2Ottoman Turkishقازمقto dig, to grave
3Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out

Words derived from “cazma

Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŕ-Every word from Ottoman Turkish قازمقEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قازمه
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