Where does “Ерланұлы” come from?

Ерланұлы (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh Ерлан, from Kazakh ер, from Proto-Turkic ēder — saddle.

Ancestry of “Ерланұлы”, step by step

Ерланұлы traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh Ерлан

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KazakhЕрлан—
2Kazakhерman
3Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

via Kazakh ұлы

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhұлыgreat
2Proto-Turkiculugbig, great, grown-up; big, great
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder →Every word from Kazakh ер →Every word from Kazakh Ерлан →