Where does “Aktau” come from?
Aktau (English) comes from Kazakh Ақтау, from Kazakh тау, from Common Kypchak *taw, from Proto-Turkic tāg.
Ancestry of “Aktau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Kazakh | Ақтау | — |
| 2 | Kazakh | тау | mountain |
| 3 | Common Kypchak | *taw | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | tāg | — |