Where does “Ақтау” come from?

Ақтау (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh тау, from Common Kypchak *taw, from Proto-Turkic tāg — mountain.

Ақтау (Kazakh): whitish

Definitions

  1. whitish

Ancestry of “Ақтау”, step by step

Ақтау traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh тау

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhтауmountain
2Common Kypchak*taw—
3Proto-Turkictāgmountain

via Kazakh ақ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhақwhite; clean, pure, saintly; pertaining to...
2Proto-TurkicĀkwhite

via Kazakh ла

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhла—

Words derived from “Ақтау”

Every word from Proto-Turkic tāg →Every word from Common Kypchak *taw →Every word from Kazakh тау →