Where does “tilsiz” come from?

tilsiz (Crimean Tatar) comes from Crimean Tatar til, from Proto-Turkic til — tongue; cut.

tilsiz (Crimean Tatar): mute, dumb

Definitions

  1. mute, dumb

Ancestry of “tilsiz”, step by step

tilsiz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Crimean Tatar til

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatartiltongue; language
2Proto-Turkictiltongue; cut

via Crimean Tatar siz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarsizyou
Every word from Proto-Turkic tilEvery word from Crimean Tatar til