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
- second-person singular imperative of kakmak
Ancestry of “kak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | kakmak | to beetle, tack down, mall; to embed, inlay; to... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قاقمق | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | KAk- | to hit, knock, tear |