Where does “bıçak” come from?

bıçak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بیچاق, from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak, from Proto-Turkic *bïč- — to cut.

bıçak (Turkish): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “bıçak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبیچاقknife
2Proto-Turkic*bïčgak—
3Proto-Turkic*bïč-to cut
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïč- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بیچاق →