Where does “Тұяқбай” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Тұяқбай”, step by step

Тұяқбай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh бай

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhбайrich, wealthy
2Chinesewhite
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanbawkwhite

via Kazakh тұяқ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhтұяқhoof
2Proto-Turkic*tuńakhoof

Words derived from “Тұяқбай

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawkEvery word from Chinese Every word from Kazakh бай