Where does “Tatary” come from?
Tatary (English) comes from Polish Tatary, from Polish -y, from Old Polish -y, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei — to go.
Ancestry of “Tatary”, step by step
Tatary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish Tatary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Tatary | — |
| 2 | Polish | -y | nominative plural ending of some masculine nouns;... |
| 3 | Old Polish | -y | forms adjectives |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 6 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Old French Tartaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | Tartaire | A Tartar or Tatar (a member of the Turco-Mongol peoples who conquered parts of Asia and Eastern Europe in the 13th century) |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | tartarus | Tatar |
| 3 | Latin | tartarus | A river of Venetia that used to flow into the Adriatic Sea, now called Tartaro |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Τάρταρος | Tartarus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ταρτησσός | Tartessus; Tartessos |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἡράκλειοι Στῆλαι | — |