Proto-Turkic: *Kạtku-č
Meaning: a stinging insect
Russian meaning: кусающее насекомое
Karakhanid: qatquč (MK - Argu) 'a thing which stings like a scorpion' Chuvash: xɨt-kajъk 'жужелица'
Comments: EDT 599, ДТС. Cf. also (MK) qoδɣu 'fly'. The Chuvash word is analysed as 'hard-bird' or 'hard-animal', which is probably a folk-etymological reanalysis of *kạtku-. turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-chv,turcet-reference,