Where does “sačma” come from?

sačma (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish صاچمه, from Ottoman Turkish صاچمق, from Proto-Turkic *sač- — to scatter, sprinkle.

sačma (Serbo-Croatian): buckshot

Definitions

  1. buckshot

Ancestry of “sačma”, step by step

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