Where does “ciocănaș” come from?

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

ciocănaș (Romanian): small hammer

Definitions

  1. small hammer

Ancestry of “ciocănaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianciocanhammer
2Ottoman Turkishçekiç—
3Old Turkicçekük—
4Proto-Turkic*čekük—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *čekük →Every word from Old Turkic çekük →Every word from Ottoman Turkish çekiç →