Where does “ақкіс” come from?

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

ақкіс (Kazakh): ermine, stoat

Definitions

  1. ermine, stoat

Ancestry of “ақкіс”, step by step

ақкіс traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh ақ

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

via Kazakh кіс

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhкіс—
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