Where does “çomak” come from?

çomak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چوماق, from Proto-Turkic *čokmak.

çomak (Turkish): cudgel, bat, truncheon, a stout stick with a rounded head used as a weapon

Definitions

  1. cudgel, bat, truncheon, a stout stick with a rounded head used as a weapon

Ancestry of “çomak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچوماقlong stick, staff, rod, bat, cudgel, club
2Proto-Turkic*čokmak—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *čokmak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چوماق →