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Where does “kazık” come from?

kazık (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قازیق, from Proto-Turkic *kaŕguk, from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.

Ancestry of “kazık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقازیق—
2Proto-Turkic*kaŕguk—
3Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out

Words derived from “kazık”

  • Demirkazık
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