Where does “дегенек” come from?
дегенек (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish دكنك, from Proto-Turkic *tegenek.
дегенек (Serbo-Croatian): stick; rod; ferule
Ancestry of “дегенек”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دكنك | stick; cane; rod |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *tegenek | — |