From Proto-Turkic *jēk.
Cognate with Kazakh жиек (jiek), Kyrgyz жээк (jeek), Southern Altai јеек (ǰeek).
чеек • (çeek)
N. A. Baskakov, A. I. Inkižekova-grekul, editor (1953), “чеек”, in Xakassko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Khakas-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Ministerstvo Kulʹtury SSSR, →ISBN