köken: Inherited from Middle French chamois, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”).
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *camocia, from Late Latin camōx, from Gaulish camox, probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”). Doublet of chamuz.
chamois (species of goat) · suede (type of leather)
çekim: çoğul camurças
köken: Inherited from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox, influenced by corça (“doe”). Cognate with Spanish gamuza, Occitan camos and French chamois.
köken: First attested in 1722. Probably a loanword but of uncertain origin. Compare words in Turkic languages denoting '(castrated) billy goat', e.g. Kazakh серке (serke), Tuvan серге (serge), Uzbek serka.
chamois (species of goat) · suede (type of leather)
çekim: çoğul camurzas
köken: From Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox, influenced by corza (“doe”). Cognate with Spanish gamuza, Portuguese camurça, Occitan camos and French chamois.