Where does “bičak” come from?
bičak (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بیچاق, from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak, from Proto-Turkic *bïč-.
bičak (Serbo-Croatian): knife
Ancestry of “bičak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بیچاق | knife |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *bïčgak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *bïč- | — |