Where does “Ақтау” come from?
Ақтау (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh тау, from Common Kypchak *taw, from Proto-Turkic tāg.
Ancestry of “Ақтау”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Kazakh | тау | mountain |
| 2 | Common Kypchak | *taw | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | tāg | — |
Words derived from “Ақтау”