Where does “сачмарица” come from?
сачмарица (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian са̀чма, from Ottoman Turkish صاچمه, from Ottoman Turkish صاچمق, from Proto-Turkic *sač-.
сачмарица (Serbo-Croatian): shotgun
Ancestry of “сачмарица”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | са̀чма | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | صاچمه | buckshot |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | صاچمق | to scatter, sprinkle |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *sač- | — |