Where does “тёбе” come from?

тёбе (Karachay-Balkar) comes from Proto-Turkic *tepe — hill, top.

тёбе (Karachay-Balkar): hill

Definitions

  1. hill

Ancestry of “тёбе”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*tepehill, top
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tepe