Where does “ciocăni” come from?

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

ciocăni (Romanian): to knock

Definitions

  1. to knock

Ancestry of “ciocăni”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ciocăni”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *čekük →Every word from Old Turkic çekük →Every word from Ottoman Turkish çekiç →