sekmek

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(intransitive) to bounce
(intransitive) to hop
(intransitive) to skip, jump lightly and quickly
(intransitive) to ricochet; (for a stone) to skip (over water)
(intransitive) to deviate, or be inconsistent
(figuratively, intransitive) to fail to occur properly or on time

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish

Cognate with Azerbaijani

Cognate with Chuvash

Cognate with Hungarian

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish سكمك (sekmek, “to hop, hobble along, ricochet”), from Proto-Turkic *sēk- (“to jump”). Cognate with Azerbaijani səkmək (“to hop”), Chuvash сикме (sikme, “to jump”). Compare Hungarian szökik (“to hop”).