Where does “kak” come from?

kak (Turkish) comes from Turkish kakmak, from Ottoman Turkish قاقمق, from Proto-Turkic KAk- — to hit, knock, tear.

kak (Turkish): second-person singular imperative of kakmak

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of kakmak

Ancestry of “kak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkakmakto beetle, tack down, mall; to embed, inlay; to...
2Ottoman Turkishقاقمقto push, tap, to strike chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard
3Proto-TurkicKAk-to hit, knock, tear
Every word from Proto-Turkic KAk- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قاقمق →Every word from Turkish kakmak →