Where does “бычак” come from?

бычак (Southern Altai) comes from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak, from Proto-Turkic *bïč- — to cut.

бычак (Southern Altai): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “бычак”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*bïčgak—
2Proto-Turkic*bïč-to cut
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïč- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak →