sekiz (Turkish)

Where does "sekiz" come from?

The Turkish word 'sekiz', meaning eight, is a long-standing term with deep roots in the Turkic language family. It traces back to the Proto-Turkic form *sekiŕ, appearing in historical sources like Old Turkic as the ancestor for modern variations across many Turkic languages. Through Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish, the word has maintained its stable form and meaning to the present day.

Full etymology tree

• sekiz (Turkish), 'eight'
  • inherited سكز (sekiz) (Ottoman Turkish), 'eight'
    • inherited *sekiŕ (Proto-Turkic), 'eight'

Ancestors

• سكز (Ottoman Turkish)
• *sekiŕ (Proto-Turkic)

Cognates and doublets

• сегіз (Kazakh)
• 𐰾𐰚𐰔 (Old Turkic)
• sakkiz (Uzbek)

Updated July 2026

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