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Where does “kakmak” come from?

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

kakmak (Turkish): to beetle, tack down, mall; to embed, inlay; to...

Definitions

  1. to beetle, tack down, mall; to embed, inlay; to...

Ancestry of “kakmak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاقمق—
2Proto-TurkicKAk-to hit, knock, tear

Words derived from “kakmak”

  • kak
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