Where does “Altai” come from?

Altai (English) comes from Turkish altın, from Ottoman Turkish آلتون, from Proto-Turkic altun — gold.

Altai (English): }}, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge

Definitions

  1. }}, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge

Ancestry of “Altai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishaltıngold; genitive singular of alt; second-person...
2Ottoman Turkishآلتونgold
3Proto-Turkicaltungold

Words derived from “Altai”

Every word from Proto-Turkic altun →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آلتون →Every word from Turkish altın →