Where does “ciocan” come from?
ciocan (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish çekiç, from Old Turkic çekük, from Proto-Turkic *čekük.
ciocan (Romanian): hammer
Ancestry of “ciocan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | çekiç | — |
| 2 | Old Turkic | çekük | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *čekük | — |
Words derived from “ciocan”