silkmek.

From Ottoman Turkish سلكمه (silkmek, “to shake, beat, knock”), from Proto-Turkic *silk- (“to shake”). Related to Proto-Mongolic *silgeɣe- (“to shake, tremble”), (cf. Mongolian шилгээх (šilgeex, “to stir, shake oneself”)) and Proto-Tungusic *silgü- (“to shake, tremble”) (cf. Evenki силгин (silgin, “to shake, tremble”)). Either inherited to all families from a common source (according to the now largely discredited Altaic theory) or contact induced. Cognates Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (silk-, “to shake”), Karakhanid [script needed] (silkmēk, “to shake”), Southern Altai силкиир (silkiir, “to shake”), Azerbaijani silkmək (“to shake down”), Bashkir һелкеү (helkew, “to shake”), Kazakh сілку (silküw, “to shake”), Khakas сілігерге (sìlìgerge, “to shake”), Kyrgyz силкүү (silküü, “to shake”), Tatar селкергә (selkergä, “to shake”), Turkmen silkmek (“to shake”), Tuvan силгиир (silgiir, “to shake”), Uyghur سىلكىمەك (silkimek, “to shake”), Uzbek silkimoq (“to shake”), Yakut илк (ilk, “to cast off, throw away”).