Where does “Темірқазық” come from?

Темірқазық (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh темір, from Kipchak تمور, from Proto-Turkic temür — iron.

Темірқазық (Kazakh): Polaris

Definitions

  1. Polaris

Ancestry of “Темірқазық”, step by step

Темірқазық traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh темір

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhтемірiron
2Kipchakتمورiron
3Proto-Turkictemüriron

via Kazakh қазық

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhқазықstake
2Proto-Turkic*kaŕguk—
3Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out
Every word from Proto-Turkic temür →Every word from Kipchak تمور →Every word from Kazakh темір →