Where does “ақжелкек” come from?

ақжелкек (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh ақ, from Proto-Turkic Āk — white.

ақжелкек (Kazakh): horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

Definitions

  1. horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

Ancestry of “ақжелкек”, step by step

ақжелкек traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh ақ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhақwhite; clean, pure, saintly; pertaining to...
2Proto-TurkicĀkwhite

via Kazakh желкек

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhжелкек—
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