Where does “çökmek” come from?
çökmek (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چوكمك, from Proto-Turkic čök- — to kneel down; to sink; to sit.
çökmek (Turkish): to kneel; to collapse, fall down
Definitions
- to kneel; to collapse, fall down
Ancestry of “çökmek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | چوكمك | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | čök- | to kneel down; to sink; to sit |