Where does “ауыл” come from?

ауыл (Bashkir) comes from Proto-Turkic *āgïl, from Proto-Turkic āɣ- — to enclose.

ауыл (Bashkir): village

Definitions

  1. village

Ancestry of “ауыл”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*āgïlfold
2Proto-Turkicāɣ-to enclose
Every word from Proto-Turkic āɣ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *āgïl →