Where does “kaçak” come from?
kaçak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاجاق, from Proto-Turkic *kāpčak, from Proto-Turkic kāp.
kaçak (Turkish): fugitive, outlaw, bandit; leakage
Definitions
- fugitive, outlaw, bandit; leakage
Ancestry of “kaçak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قاجاق | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *kāpčak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kāp | — |
Words derived from “kaçak”