From Proto-Turkic *čert-. Compare to Kumyk чертмек (çertmek).
черт- • (čert-)
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “черт-”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN.
