Where does “kaçak” come from?

kaçak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاجاق, from Proto-Turkic *kāpčak, from Proto-Turkic kāp — sack.

kaçak (Turkish): fugitive, outlaw, bandit; leakage

Definitions

  1. fugitive, outlaw, bandit; leakage

Ancestry of “kaçak”, step by step

kaçak traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قاجاق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاجاق—
2Proto-Turkic*kāpčak—
3Proto-Turkickāpsack

via Ottoman Turkish قاچاق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاچاقrunaway, fugitive, escapee
2Common Turkickač-to run away, flee

via Serbo-Croatian качак//kačak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianкачак//kačak—

Words derived from “kaçak”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kāp →Every word from Proto-Turkic *kāpčak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قاجاق →