Where does “seki” come from?
seki (Turkish) comes from English shake, from Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan.
seki (Turkish): seat
Ancestry of “seki”, step by step
seki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English shake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | shake | To cause to move rapidly in opposite directions... |
| 2 | Middle English | schaken | To shake or quake |
| 3 | Old English | sċeacan | — |
via Japanese 関
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 関 | barrier, gate |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 關 | — |
via Ottoman Turkish سكی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | سكی | pedestal, the base of a column or pillar |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *sekü | stone bench |
Words derived from “seki”