Where does “koku” come from?
koku (Turkish) comes from Turkish kokmak, from Ottoman Turkish قوقمق, from Proto-Turkic Kok- — to smell badly, to give out a smell of burning.
koku (Turkish): smell, odor/odour; stench, stink, pungency
Definitions
- smell, odor/odour; stench, stink, pungency
Ancestry of “koku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | kokmak | to have a bad smell; stink, reek, pong; to smell,... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قوقمق | to smell; to stink, to reek |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | Kok- | to smell badly, to give out a smell of burning |