Where does “kayakçı” come from?
kayakçı (Turkish) comes from Turkish kayak, from Turkish kaymak, from Ottoman Turkish قایماق, from Proto-Turkic *kańak.
kayakçı (Turkish): skier
Ancestry of “kayakçı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | kayak | ski |
| 2 | Turkish | kaymak | kaymak; best part of something; to slide; to... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | قایماق | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *kańak | — |