I typoed it
dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=tchotchke
( Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Tue 26 Dec 2006, 15:01, archived)

if i was to have guessed
i would have guessed it was yiddish
( spacefish bong!, Tue 26 Dec 2006, 15:06, archived)