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Inherited from Proto-Slavic*čuka, *čukъ. Compare Lithuaniančiùkaras(“sharp rock”), dialectal Bulgarian чука́ра(čukára) and dialectal Serbian чу̀кара(“sharp rock”). According to some others, the word is borrowed from pre-Slavic substratum due to the fact that it's absent in western Slavic-speaking areas. Albanian çukë may be the possible original substratum word, coming from the abovementioned language.[1][2]
^ Skok, Petar (1971) “čuka”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 340