Where does “къазмэ” come from?

къазмэ (West Circassian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قازمه, from Ottoman Turkish قازمق, from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.

къазмэ (West Circassian): pickaxe

Definitions

  1. pickaxe

Ancestry of “къазмэ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقازمهdug, delved, trenched, excavated, whose material has been removed by hands, claws, or equipment
2Ottoman Turkishقازمقto dig, to grave
3Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out
Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قازمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قازمه →
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