Where does “kazımak” come from?
kazımak (Turkish) comes from Turkish kazmak, from Ottoman Turkish قازمق, from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.
kazımak (Turkish): to scrape; to inscribe, engrave
Definitions
- to scrape; to inscribe, engrave
Ancestry of “kazımak”, step by step
kazımak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish kazmak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kazmak | to dig |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قازمق | to dig, to grave |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kaŕ- | to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out |
via Ottoman Turkish قازیمق
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قازیمق | to scratch, scrape, to mark a surface with a sharp object, like fingernails, leaving a scratch |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *kaŕï- | — |
Words derived from “kazımak”