Where does “ҡайғы” come from?

ҡайғы (Bashkir) comes from Proto-Turkic *kadgu.

ҡайғы (Bashkir): grief, sorrow, distress; cause of such distress;...

Definitions

  1. grief, sorrow, distress; cause of such distress;...

Ancestry of “ҡайғы”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*kadgu
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kadgu