Where does “ийнек” come from?

ийнек (Karachay-Balkar) comes from Proto-Turkic ingek, from Proto-Turkic in — lair, burrow.

ийнек (Karachay-Balkar): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “ийнек”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicingekcow
2Proto-Turkicinlair, burrow
Every word from Proto-Turkic in →Every word from Proto-Turkic ingek →
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