Where does “kakan” come from?

kakan (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاقان, from Ottoman Turkish ـان.

kakan (Turkish): that taps, pushes or pecks

Definitions

  1. that taps, pushes or pecks

Ancestry of “kakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاقانtapping, pushing, that taps or pushes
2Ottoman Turkishـان
Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـانEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قاقان