Where does “kirgiisi” come from?

kirgiisi (Finnish) comes from Russian Киргиз, from Kyrgyz кыргыз, from Kyrgyz кырк кыз — forty girls.

kirgiisi (Finnish): Kyrgyz member of the Kyrgyz ethnic group

Definitions

  1. Kyrgyz member of the Kyrgyz ethnic group

Ancestry of “kirgiisi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianКиргизKyrgyz person
2KyrgyzкыргызKyrgyz; a Kyrgyz
3Kyrgyzкырк кызforty girls
Every word from Kyrgyz кырк кыз →Every word from Kyrgyz кыргыз →Every word from Russian Киргиз →