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- — to scatter, sprinkle.

сачмарица (Serbo-Croatian): shotgun

Definitions

  1. shotgun

Ancestry of “сачмарица”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianса̀чмаbuckshot
2Ottoman Turkishصاچمهbuckshot
3Ottoman Turkishصاچمقto scatter, sprinkle
4Proto-Turkic*sač-to scatter, sprinkle
Every word from Proto-Turkic *sač- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish صاچمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish صاچمه →