Where does “beskičmen” come from?
beskičmen (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian kičma, from Ottoman Turkish قیچ, from Proto-Turkic *kïč.
beskičmen (Serbo-Croatian): spineless
Ancestry of “beskičmen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | kičma | spine; backbone |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قیچ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *kïč | — |