Where does “tatar” come from?
tatar (English) comes from Hungarian tatár.
tatar (English): An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia
Definitions
- An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia
Ancestry of “tatar”, step by step
tatar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian tatár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tatár | — |
via Polish tatar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | tatar | steak tartare |
via Russian татар
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | татар | genitive/accusative plural of тата́рин |