Where does “tocmac” come from?

tocmac (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish طوقماق, from Proto-Turkic *tokïmak, from Proto-Turkic tokï- — to hit, knock, strike.

tocmac (Romanian): mallet

Definitions

  1. mallet

Ancestry of “tocmac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطوقماقa large wooden rod for pestle, used in...
2Proto-Turkic*tokïmak—
3Proto-Turkictokï-to hit, knock, strike
Every word from Proto-Turkic tokï- →