Where does “degenečiti” come from?
degenečiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian degènek, from Ottoman Turkish دكنك, from Proto-Turkic *tegenek.
degenečiti (Serbo-Croatian): to bludgeon somebody
Ancestry of “degenečiti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | degènek | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | دكنك | stick; cane; rod |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *tegenek | — |