*Kạtku-č

a stinging insect

Proto-Turkic: *Kạtku-č
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
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-.