Where does “Тәңіртау” come from?

Тәңіртау (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh тау, from Common Kypchak *taw, from Proto-Turkic tāg — mountain.

Тәңіртау (Kazakh): Tian Shan (a mountain range in Central Asia and China)

Definitions

  1. Tian Shan (a mountain range in Central Asia and China)

Ancestry of “Тәңіртау”, step by step

Тәңіртау traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh тау

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhтауmountain
2Common Kypchak*taw—
3Proto-Turkictāgmountain

via Kazakh тәңір

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhтәңірsky
2Proto-Turkicteŋrisky; Sky deity; Tengri
Every word from Proto-Turkic tāg →Every word from Common Kypchak *taw →Every word from Kazakh тау →