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Where does “бил” come from?

бил (Bashkir) comes from Proto-Turkic bẹ̄l, from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄.

бил (Bashkir): loin, small of the back; waist

Definitions

  1. loin, small of the back; waist

Ancestry of “бил”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbẹ̄lwaist
2Proto-Turkic*bẹ̄—
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