Where does “Тұманбай” come from?

Тұманбай (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh бай, from Chinese 白, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawk — white.

Ancestry of “Тұманбай”, step by step

Тұманбай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh бай

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhбайrich, wealthy
2Chinese白white
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanbawkwhite

via Kazakh тұман

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhтұманmist, fog
2Proto-Turkictumanmist, fog
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawk →Every word from Chinese 白 →Every word from Kazakh бай →
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