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Where does “sakız” come from?

sakız (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ساقز, from Proto-Turkic *sakïŕ.

sakız (Turkish): chewing gum

Definitions

  1. chewing gum

Ancestry of “sakız”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishساقز—
2Proto-Turkic*sakïŕ—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *sakïŕ →