Where does “ҡарасай” come from?

ҡарасай (Bashkir) comes from Bashkir ай, from Proto-Turkic *āy — moon.

ҡарасай (Bashkir): October

Definitions

  1. October

Ancestry of “ҡарасай”, step by step

ҡарасай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bashkir ай

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bashkirайmoon; month
2Proto-Turkic*āymoon

via Bashkir ҡара

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bashkirҡараblack
2Proto-Turkickarablack
Every word from Proto-Turkic *āy →Every word from Bashkir ай →