Where does “алушы” come from?

алушы (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh алу, from Proto-Turkic *al- — to take.

алушы (Kazakh): recipient, receiver

Definitions

  1. recipient, receiver

Ancestry of “алушы”, step by step

алушы traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh алу

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhалуsubtraction
2Proto-Turkic*al-to take

via Kazakh шы

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhшы
Every word from Proto-Turkic *al-