Where does “токмак” come from?

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

токмак (Serbo-Croatian): sledgehammer, mallet

Definitions

  1. sledgehammer, mallet

Ancestry of “токмак”, step by step

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